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EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



A new question-book on Exodus has been 
called for. The present volume has been pre- 
pared expressly to meet that call. The author, 
having enjoyed the advantage of consulting the 
productions of those who have gone before him 
in this field of Biblical study, has been enabled 
to improve upon their labors, and furnish a 
work adapted to the present advanced and 
advancing state of Sunday-school and Bible- 
class instruction. 

New -York, April, 1848. 

Note. — This question-book may be studied to advantage with 
the aid of any good Commentary. 

We take occasion, however, to refer teachers and scholars to 
certain works, which may be easily procured, and either of which 
will prove of essential service in studying the Book of Exodus. 

They are, Clarke's or Benson's Commentaries, Nos. 2 and 3, 
price 50 cents each ; and The Journeys of the Children of 
Israel, No. 330 of the Youth's Library, price 26 cents. The 
Journeys of the Children of Israel is a brief, practical, and his- 
torical commentary, extending through the entire Book of Exodus. 
Hibbard's Scripture geography and maps, as published in the 
Sunday School Advocate, and in a separate volume, may also be 
consulted with great advantage. 



EXPLANATIONS AND DIRECTIONS. 



The figures placed at the beginnings of paragraphs 
denote the verses of Scripture on which questions under 
the same number are based. 

The questions printed in large type are textual, and 
may be answered by repeating the whole or a part of 
the text. The questions in smaller type, although not 
difficult, are designed to excite reflection and study. 

Scholars should never content themselves with being 
able merely to answer the questions in the book, but 
should seek to get all possible information respecting 
the portion of Scripture allotted for their several lessons. 

Teachers should by no means be satisfied with raerely 
asking the printed questions, but should seek to imbue 
their minds with the sacred subject, and to invest it with 
all possible interest, for the good of their scholars. 

They should encourage free remarks, and the asking 
of appropriate questions on the part of scholars. 

A question-book is chiefly designed as a help t* study, 
and should never become an apology for the nejt set of 
it. It is of great importance to have at nand. during 
the study of th$ Scriptures, some good Bible Die io«dry, 
e. g., Covel's or Watson's. 



CONTENTS. 



Lesson Subject Pagh 

I. The grievous bondage of Israel in Egypt.— 

Exodus i , 9 

II. The birth of Moses — His residence in Egypt 

and Midian.— Exodus ii ^ . 12 

III. The mission of Moses to the children of Is- 

rael. — Exodus hi 17 

IV. The Almighty prepares Moses to visit Pha- 

raoh. — Exodus iv, 1-17 21 

V. Moses returns home, and then revisits Egypt. 

—Exodus iv, 18-31 . 24 

VI. Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. — Exodus v 26 

VII. Moses communes with God, and is again sent 

to Pharaoh. — Exodus vi 29 

VIII. Miracles wrought in the presence of Pharaoh. 

Exodus vii „-.,.. .. 31 

IX. Plagues of frogs, lice, and flies. — Exodus viii 35 

X. The plagues of the murrain, blains, aaid griev- 
ous hail. — Exodus ix _. ,. 40 

XL Plagues of locusts and darkness. — Exodus x. 45 

XII. The last plague threatened.— Exodus xi . .«* 40 



6 CONTENTS. 

Lesson Subject Page 

XIII. Institution of the Passover. — Exodus xii, 

1-28 51 

XIV. Departure of the Israelites from Egypt. — 

Exodus xii, 29-51 55 

XV. The Israelites reminded of the divine fa- 
vor. — Exodus xiii 58 

XVI. Passage of the Red Sea — Destruction of 

the Egyptians. — Exodus xiv 62 

XVII. Hymn of thanksgiving. — Exodus xv 66 

XVIII. Manna.— Exodus xvi 70 

XIX. Water from the rock — Discomfiture of 

Amalek. — Exodus xvii 75 

XX. Jethro's visit to Moses. — Exodus xviii 78 

XXI. Encampment at Mount Sinai. — Exodus 

xix 82 

XXII. The law.— -Exodus xx 85 

XXIII. Civil and political laws of the Hebrews. — 

Exodus xxi 91 

XXIV. Judicial laws. — Exodus xxii 95 

XXV. Judicial laws, continued. — Exodus xxiii.. 98 

XXVI. Moses goes up into the mount unto the 

Lord. — Exodus xxiv 104 

XXVII. The tabernacle and its furniture. — Exod. 

xxv-xxxi 108 

XXVIII. The golden calf.— Exodus xxxii Ill 



CONTENTS. 7 

Lesson Subject Page 

XXIX. A divine manifestation made to Moses. — 

Exodus xxxiii 116 

XXX. The covenant of the Lord with Moses and 

Israel. — Exodus xxxiv 120 

XXXI. The building and setting up of the taber- 
nacle. — Exodus xxxv-xl 126 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 



LESSON I. 

The Grievous Bondage of Israel in Egypt. 
Exodus L 

What is the second book in the Holy Bible called 1 

What is the meaning of the term Exodus ? [ Ans. Going 
forth, or departure."] 

Why so called ? [Ans. Because it is chiefly taken up 
with a description of the events attending the depart- 
ure of the Israelites from Egypt.] 

By whom was this book written 1 

How long a period does it comprise 1 [Ans. About one 
hundred and forty-five years.] 

At what date in the world's history do these events 
commence? [Ans. A. M. 2547, B. C. 1457.] 

1 . Whose names are here recorded ? 

Whither had they come ? 

With whom ? 

Who is meant by Israel in this verse \ 

When and why was this name given him 1 Gen. xxxii, 

27, 28. 
From whence had they come into Egypt 1 
What had brought them hither I 
2-4. What were the names of Jacob's sons ? 
5. How many souls composed the family of 

Jacob ? 
Who was in Egypt ? 
What is here meant by souls ? 



10 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

How happened Joseph to have been in Egypt before the 
rest of his family 1 

6. Whose deaths are mentioned ? 

What is meant by that generation 1 

7. What is said of the children of Israel ? 

What is meant by, the land was filled with them ? 

What by the repetition of these strong terms ? [Ans. 
To point out the extraordinary increase of population 
among the Hebrews. In the space of little more than 
two hundred years, from seventy they had multiplied 
to upward of two millions ; being able to send forth 
six hundred thousand fighting men.] 

8. Who now rose up ? 

What is meant by, arose up ? 

What by, a new king ? [Ans. Either, another king, or 
of another race or dynasty.] 

What by, knew not Joseph ? [Ans. It may either mean 
that he had no knowledge of him, or had no regard 
for his previous greatness, goodness, or for his com- 
mands.] 

9. What did he say to the people ? 

What is meant by, he said unto his people ? 

Was it true that the Israelites were more and mightier 

than the Egyptians 1 
Why did he use this exaggerated language 1 

10. How should they treat them? 
Why should they do so 1 

What is here meant by, deal wisely with them 1 [Ans. 
Craftily, subtly.] 

If they treated the Israelites kindly, would there have 
been any fear of their joining their enemies 1 

Would not the enslaving of them have tended to pro- 
duce such a result 1 

1 1 . What did they set over them 1 
For what purpose ? 

What did they build for Pharaoh 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 11 

What are meant by taskmasters 1 

What by, afflicting them with their burdens 1 

Who is meant by Pharaoh ? 

What by, treasure cities ? [Ans. Storehouses or maga- 
zines for the reception and preservation of the public 
stores — corn, wine, oil, &c] 

12. What was the effect of their afflictions ? 
How were the Egyptians affected by this 1 

What is meant by their being grieved ? 
Why should they be thus affected 1 

13. What did the Egyptians do ? 

What is meant by, made them to serve? 
What by, with rigor ? 

14. How did they make their lives bitter? 

What is meant by, made their lives bitter ? 
What by, in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of ser- 
vice in the field ? 

16. What cruel command did Pharaoh give the 
female physicians 1 

17. Did they obey him 1 
Why not ? 

What is meant by, they feared God ? 

20. How did the Lord regard the midwives ? 
What is said of the people ? 

Had the midwives deceived Pharaoh 1 

Would God have blessed them if they had deceived 

him'? 
Is it ever right to use deception even to accomplish a 

good object ? 

21. What did God do for the midwives ? 

What is meant by, made them houses ? [Ans. Increased 
their households, blessed them with numerous fami- 
lies. Some refer the pronoun them to the Israelites, 
and others to both midwives and Israelites.] 

22. What did Pharaoh charge his people ? 



12 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What was the force of the command I 

What river is here referred to 1 

Why were the Israelites permitted by God to suffer 

such bitter persecutions 1 Joshua xxiv, 14 ; Ezekiel 

xx, 6-9. 
How were they saved from entire destruction in the 

hands of such cruel and powerful enemies 1 
What may we learn from this as to God's providence 

over his church and over his children ? 



LESSON II. 

The Birth of Moses — His Residence in 
Egypt and Midian. — Exodus ii. 

Into what grievous afflictions had the children of Israel 

been brought 1 
How were they employed by their oppressors ? 
What cruel command had been given in reference to 

male Hebrew children? 

1 . What fact is stated in this verse ? 

What is meant by, the house of Levi ? 

Who was Levi ? 

What were the names of these persons 1 Exod. vi, 20. 

2. What did the mother see in reference to 
their son ? 

What did she do to save him ? 

Why did she thus hide him? 

What is here meant by goodly ? Acts vii, 20. 

Is it probable that the mother had some strong present- 
iment of the future greatness of their son] Heb. 
xi, 23. 

Had they a son born to them before Moses 1 

How had he escaped 1 [Ans. Aaron was probably bom 
before the last merciless decree.] 

3. When she could no longer conceal him, 
what did she do ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 13 

Where did she place the ark ? 

What are bulrushes ? 

What is meant by an ark ? 

Why did she daub it with slime and pitch 1 [Ans. By 
slime is here meant bitumen, or mineral pitch ; this 
served to unite the reeds of the wicker boat, while 
the vegetable pitch rendered it impervious to water.] 

What river is here referred to 1 

What are here meant by flags? [Ans. Sedge or sea- 
weed.] 

4. What is said of his sister ? 
What is meant by, to wit ? 

What was this sister's name \ Num. xxvi, 59. 

Do you think they anticipated such an occurrence as 
soon transpired 1 

What must have been Miriam'-s and the mother's feel- 
ings at this time 1 

5. Who now came down to the river ? 
Who were with her 1 

What did she espy ? 
What did she do ? 

Who is meant by the daughter of Pharaoh 1 

6. When she opened the ark what did the 
child do ? 

How was she affected by this ? 
What did she say 1 

7. What did his sister say to Pharaoh's 
daughter ? 

Did Pharaoh's daughter know that this was his sister 1 
Who prompted this little girl to ask so wise a question 

of the princess at this time 1 
Had the princess any idea that the child's mother would 

be called 1 

8. What did she answer Miriam ? 
What did the maid do ? 



14 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What now must have been their feelings 1 
Whose hand can we manifestly see in all these 
events 1 

9. What did Pharaoh's daughter say to the 
mother ? 

What did the woman do ? 

Do you think she wanted any other reward than the 
pleasure of providing for her babe ! 

10. What is said of the child? 
To whom was he brought ? 
What did he become ? 

What did she call him ? 

Why? 

What is meant by, his becoming her son ? 

What is the meaning of the name Moses? [Ans. To 

draw out.] 
What is said of Moses' education in Egypt ! Acts 

vii, 22. 
How long did he remain with his adopted mother and 

among the Egyptians 1 Acts vii, 23. 

11. What happened when Moses had become 
a man? 

What did he behold ? 

What is meant by, was grown ? 

What by, he went out unto his brethren? [Ans. He 
went to his brethren ; allied himself to them ; ac- 
knowledged himself, though educated in Pharaoh's 
palace, to be one of their race ; began to notice and 
sympathize in their afflictions.] 

What by, and looked on their burdens 1 

What is here meant by smiting ? Exod. xii, 12. 

12. What did Moses do ? 

Was this act wrong or justifiable 1 

What was its design ] Acts vii, 23-25. 

Was it performed probably under a divine impulse 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 15 

Was there any Egyptian law that justified the act 1 
[Ans. Diodorus Siculus mentions such a law, namely, 
" That whosoever saw his fellow-creature either killed 
by another, or violently assaulted, and did not either 
apprehend the murderer, or rescue the oppressed, if 
he could ; or if he could not, made not an information 
thereof to the magistrate, himself should be put to 
death."] 

Why did he then look " this way and that way," and 
seek to conceal the body I 

J 3. What happened when he went out the 

second day ? 
What did he say to him that did the wrong ? 

What is meant by, strove together ? 
What by, him that did the wrong ? 

14. What answer did he make Moses ? 
To what occurrence did he allude ? 
How was Moses affected ? 

What did he say ? 

What did Moses mean by the expression, Surely this 

thing is known ? 
Why should this cause him to fear? 

15. Who heard of this? 
What did he- seek to do ? 
What did Moses do ? 
Where did he dwell ? 
Where did he sit down ? 

Why would Pharaoh be so much enraged by this act 1 
What is meant by, fled from the face of Pharaoh 1 
W r here was Midian ? [Ans. A part of Arabia Petraea, 

or stony, situated upon the south of the Dead Sea.] 
What is here meant by the term dwelt ? [Ans. Pro- 
bably halted, tarried.'] 

16. What is said of the priest of Midian? 
What did they do ? 



16 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is the meaning of priest here? [Ans. Prince, 
ruler ; probably filling the office of priest also.} 

Was this prince probably a worshiper of the true God 1 

From whom was he descended ? [Ans. Probably from 
Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah.] 

Was the care of the flocks anciently committed to fe- 
males, even in the families of the wealthy ? 

17. What did the shepherds do ? 
What did Moses ? 

18. To whom did they come ? 
What did he say to them ? 

By what other name is this Reuel known 1 Num. x, 29 ; 
Exod. iii, 1 ; Judg. iv, 11. 

19. What did they answer? 
Why did they call him an Egyptian ? 

20. What did their father say to them ? 

21. What is said of Moses ? 
Whom did he give him ? 

What is meant by, was content to dwell with the man ? 

22. What did they call their first son? 
For what reason ? 

What is the meaning of the word? [Ans. The root 
signifies to be desolate, implying a lonely or desolate 
stranger. ] 

23. What happened in process of time ? 
What is said of the children of Israel % 

What is meant by, process of time ? 

What king is referred to 1 [Ans. The king from whom 

Moses fled.] 
What is meant by, sighed by reason of the bondage ? 
What by, their cry came up unto God ? 

24. What did God hear ? 
What did he remember ? 

What is meant by, God remembered his covenant ? 
What covenant was this 1 Psa. cv, 9-11. 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 17 

25. Upon whom did God look ? 

How did he regard them ? 

What is meant by the expression, God looked upon the 
children of Israel ? 

What by, had respect unto them ? 

What encouragement does this offer to earnest prayer 1 ? 

What striking exhibitions have we in this chapter of a 
divine and superintending Providence 1 

What probably induced Moses to leave the court of 
Pharaoh, and attach himself to his enslaved and igno- 
rant nation 1 

Are not the path of duty, the approbation of God, and a 
seat in heaven, to be preferred to all earthly con- 
siderations 1 

LESSON III. 

The Mission of Moses to the Children 
of Israel. — Exodus iii. 

Whose birth was recorded in the last lesson 1 
Where and by whom was he educated 1 
Why did he leave Egypt 1 
Where was he now dwelling 1 

1. How was Moses engaged? 

Where did he lead the flock ? 

Whither did he come ? 

How many years had passed since Moses left Egypt 1 
Acts vii, 30. 

How old was he when he left Egypt 1 Acts vii, 23. 

How old was he then at this time 1 

"What was the name of his father-in-law, as given in the 
last lesson? 

How do you reconcile the difference 1 

What is meant by the back side of the desert ? 

What by the mountain of God? [Ans. "Either so 

called because it was now, as well as afterward, 

sanctified by the divine presence, or because of its 

height and magnitude, the superlative degree being, 

2 



18 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

in the Hebrew idiom, often so expressed. * The 
mountain of God r will, therefore, be equivalent to 
an exceeding great mountain. Horeb and Sinai were 
two summits of the same mountain."] 
Where is Mount Horeb 1 

2. Who appeared unto him? 
What did Moses behold ? 

Who is meant by the Angel of the Lord ? Verse 4. 
What is the meaning of burned with fire,, and was not 

consumed ? 
Did the Angel of the Lord appear separate from the 

flame of fire 1 
What was the meaning of this symbol 1 

3. What did Moses say ? 

4. What did the Lord say to him ? 
What answer did he give ? 

5. What further did the Lord say ? 

What is meant by, draw not nigh hither ? 

Whv was he commanded to put off his shoes from his 
feet 1 

What is meant by the language, the place whereon thou 

standest is holy ground ? 

Whose presence will render all places of his manifesta- 
tion holy 1 

What may we learn from this verse as to our conduct in 
the house of God 1 

What is said in Psa. lxxxix, 7, and in Eccles. v, 1 1 

6. Whom did the Angel declare himself to be ? 
How was Moses affected? 

Why does the Angel mention these names 1 

Why did Moses fear 1 

How did Isaiah feel at a vision of the Almighty 1 Isa. 

vi, 5. 
What effect upon the sinner will a proper discovery of 

the holiness of God have 1 

7. What did the Lord say ? 
What had he heard ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 19 

What did he know ? 

What is here implied in God's saying that he had seen, 

and heard, and known, their affliction 1 
What may we learn from this as to God's interest in his 

people 1 

8. "What did the Lord say he had come to do? 
Where would he bring them ? 

Who now inhabited it? 

What is meant by, I am come down to deliver ? 

How could Canaan be said to be a large country 1 [Ans. 

In comparison with Goshen where they then were.] 
What is meant by its flowing with milk and honey 1 
Is this the state of the country now ? 
What has produced the present barrenness? 

9. What further did the Lord say in reference 
to the cry of Israel ? 

What had he seen ? 

Does not God witness all oppression 1 

What will he eventually do in behalf of the oppressed 1 

10. Where would he now send Moses? 
For what purpose ? 

11. What did Moses answer? 

What does Moses exhibit in this answer 1 
Was there any unwillingness to obey God? 
Ought we to go forward in every manifest duty irrespect- 
ive of our apparent weakness and inefficiency 1 
Whose blessing will always secure success 1 

12. What promise did the Lord make him? 
What token did he give him to assure him of 

this? 
What is the meaning of token ? 
When was this fulfilled 1 Exod. xix. 
How would this be an assuring token to him ? 
What is meant by the expression, Certainly I will be 

with thee ? 

13. What did Moses say unto the Lord ? 



20 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Had many of the children of Israel already turned to 

idols'? Josh, xxiv, 14. 
Did not Moses know the Almighty's name 1 
What, then, is implied in the question, What is his 

name? 

14. What answer did God make to him ? 
What should he say unto the children of Is- 
rael ? 

What is the import of the solemn name, I am that I am? 

To whom only can this name be applied 1 

How does our Lord speak of himself in John viii, 58 1 

What does this prove 1 

How should this name prepare them to receive Moses 1 

15. What further did God say? 

What is meant by, this is my memorial unto all gene- 
rations ? 
What is said in Psa. cxxxv, 13 1 

16. What did he tell him to do ? 
What should he say to them ? 

Who are here meant by the elders ? 
What is meant by, I have surely visited you, and seen that 
which is done to you in Egypt ? 

17. What had God said? 

18. What would they do ? 

What should the elders and Moses do ? 
What should they say ? 

Did God not intend they should leave Egypt for ever I 
Did he then desire Moses and the elders to deceive the 

king 1 
How do you explain the passage 1 

19. What does God say of the king? 

What is the meaning of, no, not by a mighty hand? 
[Ans. Except by a mighty hand, by the exertion of 
miraculous power.] 

20. What did God say he would do ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 21 

What is implied in the clause, / will stretch out my 
hand? 

21. What would he do for his people 1 

What is the meaning of this % 

22. What should every woman do ? 
What should be done with these ? 
What should be done to the Egyptians ? 

What is here the meaning of borrow ? [Ans. Shall ask 
or beg of her neighbor.] 

What by, ye shall spoil the Egyptians ? [Ans. Ye shall 
take their goods and property as voluntarily given, 
under heavenly impulses, and not by stealth or ra- 
pine.] 

Was there then any injustice in this course 1 

LESSON IV. 

The Almighty prepares Moses to visit 
Pharaoh. — Exod. iv, 1-17. 

What extraordinary vision did Moses see, as recorded in 

the last lesson 1 
Who spake to him from the bush ? 
What did God commission him to do 1 

1. What did Moses now say to the Lord? 
What would they say ? 

Was it not reasonable for Moses to suppose that this 

would be the case 1 
What only would assure them that Moses was divinely 

commissioned 1 

2. What did the Lord ask Moses ? 
What did he answer ? 

Did not God know 1 
Why, then, did he ask 1 

3. What did he command Moses to do ? 
What happened when he did so ? 



22 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

4. What did the Lord again say to Moses 1 
What happened upon his doing so ? 

What was this occurrence? 
What is a miracle 1 

How was a miracle calculated to convince the Israelites 
that Moses was sent by God 1 

5. What is stated to be the objeet of this 
miracle ? 

6. What further did the Lord say to him ? 
What occurred upon his doing so ? 

What is meant by being leprous ? 

What is the character of white leprosy ? [Ans. " This 
was the worst kind of "leprosy, in which the body not 
only assumes the hue of death, and bloodless flesh, 
but becomes covered with white scales, attended with 
a most tormenting itch."] 

In what respects was this an undoubted miracle 1 

7. What did he then tell him to do 1 
What was the result ? 

8. What did the Lord then say to him 1 

What is meant by the voice of the first sign ? 

Does not God in this verse positively affirm that they 

will hear the voice of the latter sign 1 
How do you reconcile this with the next verse 1 

9. Providing they did not appreciate the pre- 
vious signs, what was he to do ? 

What would happen 1 

10. What objection does Moses now raise to 
his performing this office ? 

What does he say of himself ? 

What does he mean by saying he is slow of speech, and 

of a slow tongue ? 
How do you reconcile this with what Stephen says of 

him in Acts vii, 22 1 
Was this a proper excuse ? 
Why not ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 23 

11. What did the Lord say to him? 

What is implied in this appeal of the Lord to Moses ? 

12. What did he command him to do ? 
What promise did he make him ? 

What is the import of, I will be with thy mouth ? 

13. What did Moses answer? 

What is meant by, send by the hand of him whom thou 
wilt send ? 

Was this commendable humility and reluctance on the 
part of Moses 1 

Why did Moses shrink from this office 1 

How is true humility distinguished from blamable re- 
luctance in the performance of duty 1 

14. How did the Lord regard this answer ? 
What did he say ? 

What is meant by, the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against him ? 

What had excited the divine displeasure 1 

Why is Aaron here called the Levite ? [Ans. " Probably, 
in consequence of Moses' unbelieving waywardness 
on this occasion, the distinguishing honor of the priest- 
hood, which would otherwise have been bestowed 
upon him, was now to be conferred upon his brother 
Aaron, and perpetuated in his family."] 

15. What should Moses do for Aaron? 
What promise does God renew to Moses ? 
What is implied by putting words in his mouth ? 

16. What should Aaron be ? 

Instead of what should he be to Moses ? 
What should Moses be to him ? 
What is meant by his being instead of a mouth to Moses ? 
What by, Moses being instead of God to him ? 

17. What should Moses take ? 
For what purpose ? 

What rod is referred to 1 
Wl>at are here meant by signs ? 



24 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 



LESSON V. 

Moses returns Home, and then revisits 
Egypt.— Exod. iv, 18-31. 

Where was Moses at the close of the last lesson 1 
How had the Lord prepared Moses for his mission to the 

Israelites and to Pharaoh 1 
Whom did God send with him as his spokesman 1 

18. Whither did Moses return? 
"What did he say to him 1 

For what purpose did he wish to visit Egypt? 

What did Jethro say 1 

Why did not Moses tell his father-in-law the errand upon 

which God had sent him ? 
Did he intend to deceive him in the cause he gave for 

his return ? 

19. What did the Lord say unto Moses in 
Midian 1 

Did the Lord probably appear to him again, or had he 

assured him of this in the previous manifestation'? 
Why did the Lord give this assurance to Moses 1 . 

20. Whom did Moses take with him ? 
Whither did he return ? 

What did Moses take in his hand ? 

Did they all ride upon one ass 1 [Ans. The singular is 
here undoubtedly used for the plural ; he placed each 
one upon an ass.] 

How could they cross the desert with these beasts 1 
[Ans. The camel is now almost solely used for this 
purpose, though formerly we have authentic informa- 
tion of the use of these beasts in crossing the desert. 
The passage of the desert was more frequent, and its 
facilities greater ; probably it was not so desolate as 
now. But it is thought that even now, in the winter 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 25 

and spring, the desert might be safely crossed upon 
asses.] 
Why does he call his staff the rod^of God ? 

21. What did the Lord say unto Moses? 
What would he do unto Pharaoh ? 
What would be the result ? 

What is meant by, which I have put in thine hand ? 

What by, I will harden his heart ? 

Does this excuse Pharaoh for his conduct 1 

Will a willful resistance of truth always serve to harden 

the heart 1 
Why did the Lord tell Moses that this would be the 

result of his miracles upon Pharaoh 1 

22. What should he say unto Pharaoh? 

What is implied in this 1 

23. What further should he say to them ? 

24. What happened at the inn ? 

What is here meant by an inn ? 

Where was this inn ? (See verse 27.) 

What is meant by the Lord met him ? 

What is here meant by, sought to kill him ? [Ans. Ap- 
peared about to kill him, either by some threatening 
appearance, or by some appalling disease.] 

What was the probable cause of this wrath'? [Ans. 
Probably a criminal delay on the part of Moses of 
performing the rite of circumcision upon his first-born, 
who was probably now a man grown. Some com- 
mentators believe it was the son who was threatened 
with death.] 

What was the penalty of such neglect 1 Genesis xvii, 
10-14. 

What had been the probable cause of the neglect] 
[Ans. Probably the scruples of his Midianitish wife.] 

What may we learn from this as to the marriage of be- 
lievers with unbelievers % 

25. What did Zipporah do? 
What did she say ? 



26 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is the meaning of the last clause 1 [Ans. " Either 
a cruel husband by reason of this rite of circumcision, 
or rather, thou art, as it were, espoused to me a 
second time, (being saved from death ;) art, as it 
were, again become my husband by thus shedding the 
blood of my son."] 

26. What then happened ? 

What is meant by let him go ? [Ans. The Lord de- 
sisted from his threatened destruction.] 

27. What did the Lord say to Aaron ? 
What did Aaron do ? 

What is here meant by the Lord said to Aaron 1 

What by, the wilderness ? 

What by, the mount of God ? Exod. iii, 1 . 

28. What did Moses tell Aaron? 

29. What did the brothers now do ? 

30. What did Aaron declare ? 
What did he do ? 

What is meant by, did the signs ? 

31. How were the people affected? 
What had they heard ? 

What did they do ? 

LESSON VI. 

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. 
Exodus v. 

Whither was Moses going, as recorded in the last 

lesson 1 
Who was sent to meet him 1 

1. To whom did Moses and Aaron go? 
What did they say to him ? 

2. What did Pharaoh say ? 

What is implied in the question Pharaoh asks ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 27 

3. What did they answer ? 
What did they entreat of him ? 

Why did they ask merely for a three days' journey into 

the desert 1 
Was there any implied falsehood in their request 1 

4. What did the king of Egypt say to them ? 

What is the meaning of the word let, here 1 
To whom is the command, get you unto your burdens, 
given ? 

5. What did Pharaoh say ? 

Who are meant by the people of the land ? 
What is implied in these words of Pharaoh 1 

6. To whom did Pharaoh deliver commands ? 

7. What did he say to them 1 
For what purpose was this straw used ] 

8. What does he say of the tale of the bricks ? 
What reason does he give for this 1 

What did they cry ? 

What is the meaning of tale ? 

Was there the least foundation for this charge *? 

What does Pharaoh exhibit in this 1 

9. What further does he say ? 
What should they not regard 1 
To what did he refer in the last clause 1 

10. What did the taskmasters and officers do ? 

Who are meant by their officers ? [Ans. Probably over- 
seers chosen from among the Hebrews, while the task- 
masters were Egyptians.] 

11. What did they tell them to do ? 
What did they say about their work ? 

12. What is said of the people ? 

13. What did the taskmasters do? 
What did they say ? 



28 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

14. What was done to the officers of the chil- 
dren of Israel ? 

What was demanded of them ? 

Why were the officers beaten 1 

Do such customs prevail at the present day in the East 1 

15. What did the officers do? 
What did they ask ? 

16. What did they further say? 
Where did they say the fault lay ? 

Who are referred to by the words, thy people ? 

17. What did he answer? 

Was not this the height of cruelty and tyranny 1 

18. What did he command them to do? 
What further did he say to them ? 

19. What did the officers see? 
On what account ? 

What is meant by evil case ? 

20. Whom did they meet? 
Where were they? 

What is meant by, stood in the way ? 

21. What did the officers say to them ? 
What is meant by, the Lord look upon you and judge 1 
What by, ye have made our savor to be abhorred ? &c. 
What by, to put a sword in their hands to slay us ? 
Was there any real grounds for this crimination 1 

Are not benefactors and reformers often suspected and 
made sufferers on account of their disinterested in- 
tentions 1 

Ought we to withhold relief from the oppressed because 
we may be liable to suffer on that account 1 

Is strenuous opposition an evidence of the failure of a 
benevolent scheme 1 

To whom should we go when we meet with such ob- 
stacles 1 (See next verse.) 

22. To whom did Moses return ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 29 

What did he say to the Lord ? 

What is here meant by, returned unto the Lord 1 
What is implied in the questions he asks 1 
Of what graces does he show a lack in this 1 
Was it, however, remarkable under the circumstances 1 
What important lesson, however, may we learn from his 
example 1 

23. What had happened since he came to Pha- 
raoh 1 

What had not God done ? 

Are present appearances always sure indications of di- 
vine intentions 1 

LESSON VII. 

Moses communes with God, and is again 
sent to Pharaoh. — Exodus vi. 

Into whose presence did Moses and the elders enter 1 
What did they request of Pharaoh 1 
What had been the result of their visit 1 
How was Moses affected by this 1 
To whom did he appeal 1 

1. What did the Lord say unto Moses ? 
What does he say of Pharaoh ? 

What is meant by, with a strong hand shall he let 
them go ? 

2. What did God declare unto Moses ? 
What was the force and intention of this declaration? 

3. To whom had God appeared ? 
By what name ? 

What does he say of the name Jehovah ? 
What is implied in that name 1 

4. What had he done with them in Canaan ? 
What was this covenant ? 

In what sense was it given to them ? 



30 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is meant by, the land of their pilgrimage ? 

5. What had God heard ? 
What had he remembered ? 

What is meant by, I have remembered my covenant 1 

6. What should he say unto the children of 
Israel ? 

What is meant by, I will redeem you with a stretched-out 

arm? 
What by, with great judgments ? 

7. What would he take them for ? 
What would he be to them ? 
What should they know ? 

What is meant by his taking them to him for a 

people ? 
What by his being to them a God ? 

8. Where would God bring them ? 
What would he do for them ? 

What is meant by his giving it to them for a herit- 
age? 
What is the force of the word swed\ ? 

9. What did Moses do? 
Did they hearken to him ? 
Why not ? 

Why should their anguish hinder their faith in the word 
of the Lord 1 

10. Who again spoke to Moses? 

11. What did he command him to do? 

12. What did Moses answer the Lord ? 

What does he exhibit in this 1 

What is meant by the expression, who am of uncircum- 
cised lips ? 

13. To whom did the Lord speak ? 
What did he give to them ? 

Why is the succeeding genealogy introduced ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 31 

Why are Reuben and Simeon mentioned'? [Ans. As 
they were the older brothers of Levi, it was proper to 
show the rank that Levi held in his father's family ; 
he was not first, but third.] 

16. Who were the sons of Levi? 
How long did Levi live ? 
20. Who were the parents of Moses ? 
How old was Amram when he died ? 
23. Who was the wife of Aaron ? 
What were the names of his sons ? 

25. Who was the wife of Eleazer ? 
What was his son's name ? 

Who are the persons whose names are here 
recorded ? 

26. What is said of Aaron and Moses ? 
What is meant by, according to their armies ? 

27. To whom did they speak? 
For what purpose ? 

28. Who spoke to Moses ? 

29. What did he say ? 

30. What did Moses answer ? 

Why does not Moses give his own genealogy 1 
What does this prove in reference to the authenticity of 
his record 1 

LESSON VIII. 

Miracles wrought in the Presence of 
Pharaoh. — Exodus vii. 

What was the subject of the last lesson? 
What had Moses said of himself in reference to visiting 
Pharaoh'? Exod. vi, 30. 

1. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 

What should Aaron be ? 

How should he be a God to Pharaoh ? 



32 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is meant by Aaron's being his prophet ? 

2. What should he speak to him V 
What should Aaron speak to Pharaoh ? 

3. What would God do to Pharaoh's heart ? 
What would he multiply 1 

What is here meant by signs and wonders ? 
How do you reconcile this verse with the free agency 
and accountability of Pharaoh 1 

4. What further does he say of Pharaoh ? 
What would be the result ? 

"What is meant by the sentence, that I may lay my hand 

upon Egypt ? 
What is meant by, mine armies and my people ? [Ans. 

In the original it reads, mine hosts, even my people. ~] 

5. What should the Egyptians know ? 
What would convince them ? 

What is meant by his stretching forth his hand upon 

Egypt 1 
How would this make them to know the Lord 1 

6. What did Moses and Aaron do ? 

7. How old was Moses at this time ? 
How old was Aaron ? 

8. 9. What did the Lord speak unto Moses and 
Aaron ? 

What is meant by, show a miracle for you ? 

Would there be anything unreasonable in Pharaoh's re- 
quiring a miracle 1 

Why is a miracle the most satisfactory test of a divine 
revelation 1 

10. What did Moses and Aaron do? 
What did Aaron do ? 

11. Whom did Pharaoh summon ? 
What is said of the magicians of Egypt ? 
Who are meant by wise men and sorcerers ? 
What is meant by enchantments ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 33 

What think you was Pharaoh's object in sending for 
these 1 

Did he probably suppose Moses and Aaron were im- 
postors ? 

What were the names of these magicians 1 (See 2 Tim. 
hi, 8.) 

Did these magicians really change their rods into ser- 
pents ? [Ans. Some have supposed so, and have 
attributed their power to Satanic agency ; but the 
more probable opinion is, that, by sleight of hand, they 
produced a delusion similar to the reality wrought by 
Moses and Aaron.] 

12. What did they cast down ? 
What then happened ? 

What was signified by Aaron's rod swallowing up their 
rods ? 

13. What is said of Pharaoh's heart? 
How was he affected by the miracle ? 

Who had assured them that this would be the 

case 1 
What is here meant by hearkened ? 
What is signified by the first clause of this verse 1 [Ans. 

It should have been rendered, as it is in verse 22, the 

heart of Pharaoh ivas hardened.] 

14. What did the Lord say unto Moses? 

15. What did the Lord again command him? 
What should Moses do ? 

What water is here referred to 1 

Why would Pharaoh be found here in the morning 1 
[Ans. The Nile was a sacred river, and he would 
perforin his religious ablutions upon its brink ; or it 
might have been his customary hour to bathe.] 

16. What should he say to him ? 

17. What should Pharaoh know? 
What would he do with the rod ? 
What would be the consequence ? 

3 



#4 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

In what sense could the Almighty say, I will smite with 

the rod that is in my hand upon the waters ? 
How would this miracle be indisputable and peculiarly 

appalling to an Egyptian 1 
How could this be done — the pure water of the river be 

changed to blood 1 
What evidence does this give us of the awful power of 

God? 

18. What should be the consequence of this 
loathsome change ? 

For what was the Nile celebrated 1 [Ans. For the ex- 
traordinary purity of its water, and the variety and 
flavor of its fish.] 

What is said in Num. xi, 5 ] 

What is meant by, shall loathe to drink ? 

19. What did the Lord tell Moses to say to 
Aaron ? 

What should take place ? 

What are meant by vessels of wood and of stone ? [Ans. 
Probably cisterns and tanks — large receptacles con- 
structed of wood and of stone, for Teceiving and hold- 
ing the water that ran into them during the overflow- 
ings of the Nile.] 

What are here meant by streams and rivers ? [Ans. 
Branches and canals of the Nile.] 

20. What did Moses and Aaron do ? 
What was done in the sight of Pharaoh ? 
What happened ? 

Who is referred to in the sentence, he lifted up the rod ? 

Who are meant by the servants of Pharaoh ? 

How was this miracle calculated to strike terror to their 

hearts 1 
Were the waters turned into real blood ? 
What evidence is there of this 1 

21. What were the effects of this miracle ? 

22. What did the magicians do ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 35 

What is said of Pharaoh's heart ? 

How did he regard the words of Moses ? 

"What is meant by the magicians did so ? [Ans. Did 

what appeared to be the same thing — tried to do so. 

See verse 11.] 
Where could they have found water upon which to 

practice their enchantments 1 Verse 24. 
Do you suppose Pharaoh still thought Moses and Aaron 

simply magicians 1 
What had hardened Pharaoh's heart 1 
What serves to harden every impenitent sinner's heart? 
What should we learn from this % 

23. What did Pharaoh do 1 
What did he not do 1 

What is the meaning of this 1 

24. What did the Egyptians do ? 
Why did they do so ? 

25. How long time did this plague continue 1 

What evidence do we here find that the sabbath was 

regarded ? 
Why was this miracle permitted to continue so long 1 
What would have been your feelings if you had stood by 

that dreadful river of blood 1 
How should you feel in reference to the commands of 

God? 

LESSON IX. 

Plagues of Frogs, Lice, and Flies. 
Exodus viii. 

What plague had already been brought upon Pharaoh, 

as recorded in the last lesson 1 
What was the effect of it % 

1 . What did the Lord now say unto Moses ? 

2. If he refused, what did God threaten? 

What is meant by, smiting all their borders ? 



36 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

3. What should the river do? 
Where should the frogs go ? 

Where were the lodgings of the Egyptians 1 [Ans. Not 
in upper stories, as with us, but in recesses upon the 
ground floor.] 

What were their ovens 1 [Ans. Holes dug in the earth, 
in which an earthen pot was set, which being heated 
by a fire kindled within, cakes were baked upon its 
sides and bottom. Into these the frogs would easily 
fall.] 

What were the kneading troughs ? 

Was the frog a sacred animal? [Ans. It was an object 
of worship among the Egyptians.] 

4. Where should the frogs come ? 

5. What did the Lord command Moses to say- 
to Aaron ? 

What is meant by stretching his hand with his rod over 
the streams, the rivers, and the ponds 1 

6. What did Aaron do ? 
What was the result ? 

Were these frogs created on purpose, or were they in 

the waters before 1 
What is meant by their covering the land 1 

7. What did the magicians do ? 

Do you suppose they really brought up frogs 1 

If they could have done this, would Pharaoh have been 

so greatly affected 1 
What probably did they do 1 

8. What did Pharaoh do ? 
What did he say to them 1 
What did he promise ? 

Was Pharaoh really humbled, or only overwhelmed with 

fearl 
Did he not think himself sincere in the promise he 

made? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 37 

Are not impenitent persons liable to make vows in an 
hour of danger, or in the article of death, that they 
forget upon returning safety and health ? 

What may we learn from this 1 

Are not dying sinners often earnest to have ministers 
and pious persons pray for them in an hour of ex- 
tremity 1 

When is the proper time to submit our hearts unto God? 

Why may the sincerity of a death-bed repentance be 
generally questioned 1 

9. What did Moses say unto Pharaoh ? 
What question did he ask him ? 

What did he mean by the expression, Glory over me ? 
What is meant by, that they may remain in the river ? 

10. What answer did Pharaoh make him? 
What did Moses say ? 

Why did he not demand an instantaneous cessation of 

the plague 1 
Would the sudden cessation be as verily a miracle as 

their rapid accumulation 1 
How was all this calculated to prove that there was no 

God like unto the Lord 1 

1 1 . What did Moses say should happen ? 

12. What did Moses and Aaron do ? 
What did Moses then do ? 

What is meant by, he cried unto the Lord because of the 
frogs'! &c. 

13. What did the Lord do ? 
What is said of the frogs ? 

14. What did they do with them ? 

15. When Pharaoh saw this what did he do? 

What is the meaning of respite ? 

What is meant by, he hardened his heart ? 

How is the case of Pharaoh parallel to that of a sinner 

awakened by some startling providence ] 
Why is hardness of heart especially to be feared 1 



38 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

16. What did the Lord say unto Moses ? 

God gives Pharaoh no warning of this plague ; why did 
he not ? 

What is said in Scripture of him that being often re- 
proved, hardeneth his neck 1 Prov. xxix, 1 . 

What is meant by, smiting the dust of the land ? 

17. What did they do 1 
What were the consequences ? 

W T hat vermin is probably here referred to? [Ans. The 
mosquito-gnat, for thus the Hebrew word signifies. 
They are thus described by the editor of the Pictorial 
Bible : — " The activity of these insects, their small 
size, their insatiable thirst for blood, and the power of 
their sting, which enable them to run riot not only 
upon the exposed parts of the person, but on those 
that are thinly covered, as the legs, almost render 
existence a calamity during the seasons in which they 
most abound. The painful sensation which their sting 
produces, and the intolerable and protracted itching 
which ensues, with the combined torture resulting 
from the infliction of fresh stings, while the former 
are still smarting, is scarcely less distressing to the 
mind than to the body."] 

18. What is said of the magicians? 

Why did they fail here 1 

19. What did the magicians say to Pharaoh? 
What is said of Pharaoh 1 

What is meant by, this is the finger of God ? 

What induced them to make this confession 1 

Why was not Pharaoh as deeply affected at this time 1 

20. What did the Lord say unto Moses ? 
What should he say to Pharaoh ? 

21. What did he threaten to send upon him if 
he refused 1 

How abundant should they be ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 38 

What is the force of the word translated flies ? [Ans. 
A mixture, a swarm ; probably means divers sorts of 
flies, swarms of insects.] 

22. What does the Lord say of the land of 
Goshen ? 

Why would he do this ? 

How would this distinction in reference to Goshen 

heighten the miracle 1 
Who resided in Goshen ? 

When did they first inhabit this country 1 Gen. xlv, 10. 
What is meant by, i" will sever ? 

23. What would he further do ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

24. What now happened ? 
How was the land affected ? 

What is the meaning here of corrupted? [Ans. De- 
voured, destroyed, devastated.] 

25. What did Pharaoh do ? 
In what land does he mean 1 
What had they requested 1 

Why does he not grant the original request 1 
Are we not liable to compromise our duty in attempting 
to serve God and mammon 1 

26. What did Moses say 1 
What reason did he give ? 
What did he ask ! 

What is the meaning of, it is not meet ? 

What of, we shall sacrifice the abomination ? &c. [Ans. 
Their manner of attending to their religious rites 
would be offensive to the Egyptians, and the animals 
they sacrificed were considered sacred by them, as 
the Egyptians worshiped the ox.] 

What does Moses exhibit in this answer 1 [Ans. Wis- 
dom, faithfulness, and great courage.] 

27. What would they do ? 
What wilderness is here referred to ? 



40 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

28. What did Pharaoh say ? 
What limitation did he make ? 
What did he wish him to do ? 
What is meant by, entreat for me ? 

Do you suppose the objection in the king's mind was so 
much against their having a few days' respite in the 
wilderness, as founded upon a fear that they were 
about to leave him entirely 1 

Would not some who now hold their fellow-men in 
bondage be probably as reluctant to lose their ser- 
vices ? 

But has not God a right to demand this at their hand 1 

What may be feared unless this moral right is soon ad- 
mitted'? 

29. What did Moses say he would do ? 
What did he enjoin upon Pharaoh? 

What is meant by deal deceitfully ? 

30. What did Moses do ? 

31. What did the Lord do? 

32. What is said of Pharaoh ? 

What important lessons have we learned from this 
chapter 1 

LESSON X. 

The Plagues of the Murrain, Blains, and 
Grievous Hail. — Exodus ix. 

What plagues had already been visited upon Pharaoh 

and the Egyptians 1 
What had been the effect of them 1 

1. What did the Lord now say to Moses ? 

2, 3. If he refused to obey the command, what 
should happen ? 

What is meant by, wilt hold them still ? 
What by, the hand of the Lord being upon his cattle 1 
&c. 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 41 

What is the meaning of murrain ? 

4. What should the Lord do for the cattle of 
Israel ? 

What is meant by, sever between them 1 

5. What did the Lord appoint ? 
When was it to happen 1 

Did the appointing of the time in any measure enhance 
the miracle and render it more solemn 1 

6. What happened on the morrow ? 
What was the result of the pestilence ? 

Is it meant literally that all the cattle of Egypt died ? 

(See verse 19.) 
What is the meaning 1 

7. What did Pharaoh do ? 
What did he discover 1 

How was he affected by this ? 

Why, probably, did he send to inquire in reference to 

the Israelites'? 
How do you account for his still remaining hardened 1 

8. What did the Lord say unto Moses and 
Aaron 1 

What are meant by ashes of the furnace ? 
Why was it sprinkled toward heaven 1 
Why in the sight of Pharaoh 1 

9. What should it become 1 

What should it be upon man and beast ? 

What is meant by, it shall become small dust ? 
What is meant by a boil breaking forth with Mains ? 
What is it called in Deut. xxviii, 27 1 

10. What did they do? 
What was the result 1 

1 1 . What is said of the magicians ? 
Why could they not stand before Moses ? 
Why had they probably lingered around Moses and 

Aaron 1 



42 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

12. What is still said of Pharaoh? 

13. What did the Lord now command Moses? 

14. What would he do at this time ? 
For what purpose ? 

What is meant by, / will at this time send all my plagues 

upon thine heart ? 
Were the plagues that follow calculated to impress this 

idea upon Pharaoh's heart, thai there icas none like God 

in all the earth ? 

15. What was God about to do? 

What is here the meaning of pestilence ? 

What is meant by, thou shalt be cut off from the earth ? 

16. What does the Lord say of Pharaoh ? 
What is the meaning of this 1 

How would this cause God's name to be declared 
throughout all the earth 1 

17. What had Pharaoh done ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

1 8. When should the next plague take place ? 
What should happen ? 

Why is the time specified 1 

Does it rain often in Egypt 1 

How does this fact enhance the miracle 1 

What is meant by, since the foundation thereof? 

19. What did he warn him to do? 
Why should he do this ? 

What does the Lord exhibit in this warning 1 

20. What did he that feared the word of the 
Lord do ? 

What is meant by, feared the word of the Lord ? 
What is meant by the expression, flee into the houses ? 

21. What is said of him that regarded not the 
word of the Lord ? 

What is meant by, regarded not ? 

Who now disregard the divine threatenings 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 43 

What must be the consequences of such a course 1 
Where is the sinner's only safe refuge 1 
Have you entered this blessed inclosure 1 

22. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 

23. What did Moses do ? 
What followed ? 

What probably was the fire that ran along upon the 

ground ? 
What must have been the character of this tempest 1 

24. How is the storm further described ? 
Had such a one ever been known before ? 

How was this different from all others 1 

What is meant by the hail being very grievous ? 

25. What was the effect of the hail ? 

What is meant by, smote all that was in the field, every 
herb and every tree 1 

26. Where was the tempest not felt ? 

Who succored them 1 

What may we learn from this 1 

What is said in Psa. xci, 6-10 1 

27. For whom did Pharaoh send 1 
What did he say to them ? 

What did he mean by saying, / have sinned this time ? 
What by the confession, the Lord is righteous, and I and 

my people are wicked 1 
What forced this confession from his lips 1 
Was there any true penitence here ? 
What is the difference between confession impelled by 

fear, and penitence and true acknowledgment of sin and 

sincere repentance before God 1 

28. What did he beseech them to do ? 
What did he promise to do ? 

What did he mean by the saying, for it is enough ? 

29. What did Moses say ? 
Why should he go out of the city 1 



44 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is implied in the expression, / will spread abroad 

my hands unto the Lord ? Isa. i, 15 ; 1 Tim. ii, 8. 
How would this prove that the earth was the Lord's 1 

30. What does Moses say of Pharaoh and his 
servants ? 

How did Moses know this % 

Why, then, does he pray for a removal of the calamity 1 

31. What had been the effect of the storm? 
What was the state of the grain before it hap- 
pened ? 

What is meant by its being in the ear ? 
What by boiled? 

32. What grains were not affected? 
Why not ? 

33. What did Moses do? 
What was the result ? 

Why did the Lord cause a cessation of the tempest in 
connection with the prayer of Moses 1 

34. When Pharaoh saw this, what did he do ? 

What is meant by, he sinned the more ? 
What is always the consequence of resisting divine pro- 
vidences and the strivings of the Holy Spirit 1 

35. What is said of Pharaoh ? 

In what respects are impenitent sinners like Pharaoh 1 
Have they continued warnings of what their fate must 

be if they persist 1 
Whose fault will it be if they are finally ruined 1 
Have you improved the mercies and judgments that you 

have received at the hand of God 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 45 



LESSON XL 

Plagues of Locusts and Darkness. 
Exodus x. 

What plagues are recorded in the last lesson 1 
What had been the effect of them upon the heart of 
Pharaoh 1 

1. What did the Lord say unto Moses 1 
What had he done to Pharaoh ? 

For what purpose ? 
What is the meaning of this 1 

2. What other reason is given for these judg- 
ments ? 

What does this mean 1 

3. To whom did Moses and Aaron come ? 
What did they say ? 

What did they mean by the question they ask him 1 
How had he refused to humble himself? 
In what sense may this language be applied to all sin- 
ners 1 

4. If he refused, what would happen 1 

What are the locusts here referred to 1 
What can you relate concerning the habits of this in- 
sect'? (See Bible Dictionary.) 
What is here meant by coasts ? 

5. What is further said of them ? 
What would they eat 1 

What is meant by their covering the face of the earth ? 

6. What should they fill? 

What should be the character of this judg- 
ment 1 
What did Moses then do ? 
Why did not Moses wait for an answer from Pharaoh ? 



46 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

7. What did Pharaoh's servants ask ? 
What did they advise ? 

What other question did they ask ? 

What did they mean by Moses being a snare unto 

them'? 
What probably had been the effect of the previous 

miracles upon them 1 
Why would they be more likely to be impressed than 

Pharaoh ] 
What did they mean by the question, knowest thou not 

yet that Egypt is destroyed ? 

8. Who were now brought unto Pharaoh ? 
What did he say unto them ? 

What question did he ask him ? 

9. What answer did Moses make him? 
What did he say they must do ? 

What did he mean by the last assertion 1 

10. What did Pharaoh say in answer? 
What did he say was before them ? 

What did he mean by the expression, let the Lord be so 
with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones ? 
[Ans. It was probably spoken in derision.] 

What is meant by, evil is before you ? 

1 1 . What further did he say ? 
What was done to them ? 

Why did he wish to have the women and children left 

behind 1 
What did he mean by, that ye did desire 1 
What is meant by, they were driven out from Pharaoh's 

presence 1 

12. What did the Lord say unto Moses ? 

13. What did Moses do? 

What did the Lord bring upon the land ? 
What happened in the morning ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 47 

Was the wind miraculous ] [ Ans. " The prevalent winds 
in Egypt are six months from the south, and six 
months from the north."] 

Why would an east wind bring the locusts 1 

14. What is said of the locusts? 
What is said of their character? 

What is meant by, they rested in all the coasts of 

Egypt 1 

15. What is further said of them ? 

What is meant by, the land was darkened ? 
How is the progress of locusts described in Joel ii, 
3-111 

16. For whom did Pharaoh call? 
What did he say ? 

What does he exhibit by his haste 1 
How had he sinned against Moses and Aaron 1 
Does he seem more sincere and penitent this time 1 
In what respect is Pharaoh's present confession and 
terror like that of impenitent sinners on the sick bed'? 
Did not Pharaoh think himself sincere 1 
What may we learn from this \ 

17. What did he beseech them to do ? 

Why does he make the addition to his prayer, only this 

once ? 
Do not sinners when in scenes of terror often pray for 

forgiveness for that time only, with the promise of 

obedience in the future 1 
Are these resolutions usually remembered'? 
What is meant by, take away from me this death only ? 

18. What did Moses do? 

19. What did the Lord do? 
What was the effect of the wind ? 

What is meant by, the Lord turned a mighty strong west 
wind] 

What by, cast them into the Red Sea] 

Was not their sudden and entire disappearance as mira- 
culous as their coming] 



48 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

20. What is still said of Pharaoh ? 

21. What did the Lord now say unto Moses ? 

What is meant by, darkness which may be felt ? 

22. What did Moses do ? 
What followed ? 

23. How dense was this darkness ? 
How long did this continue 1 

What is said of the children of Israel ? 
What is meant by, neither rose any from his place ? 
Can you conceive how this darkness was caused 1 Luke 

i, 37. 
Why would this be peculiarly appalling 1 
Was the miracle enhanced by the distinction between 

the Egyptians and the Israelites'? 

24. What did Pharaoh do ? 
What did he say ? 

Whom does he now permit to go that he before re- 
tained 1 

Why did he still hold upon the flocks and herds 1 

Is this the natural course of the depraved heart, to hold 
until the last moment upon some worldly considera- 
tion, and make new terms with the Almighty 1 

Will the Lord accept anything short of entire submis- 
sion 1 

25. What did Moses say? 
What did he mean by this 1 

26. What did he say they must carry with 
them ? 

What reason does he offer for this ? 
What is the import of the reason he gives 1 
What is meant by, a hoof shall not be left behind 1 

27. What is said of Pharaoh ? 
What does Pharaoh exhibit in this 1 

28. What did Pharaoh say unto him ? 
With what does he threaten him ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 49 

What had so exasperated Pharaoh against Moses 1 
Was Moses or the Almighty the real object of his 

hatred I 
Are not impenitent sinners often filled with resentment 

against the ambassadors of Christ 1 
Why is this ? 

29, What did Moses say ? 

What is the meaning of this ? 

LESSON XII. 

The last Plague threatened. — Exodus xi. 

What plagues are recorded in the last lesson 1 
What had been the effect of them upon Pharaoh ? 
How had he separated from Moses 1 Exod. x, 28, 29. 

1 . What did the Lord say unto Moses 1 
What would then happen ? 

How would he let them go ? 

What is meant by, he shall surely thrust you out hence ? 

What by, altogether ? 

2. What did the Lord tell him to do ? 

Who are referred to under the appellation of people ? 
What is here the meaning of borrow ? £Ans. Demand, 

ask.~\ 
Were they to use any false pretences in obtaining these 

things I 
Was it anything more than their duty to make these 

offerings to their former servants 1 
Why did the Lord command them to ask for jewels of 

silver, and jewels of gold? Exod. xxv, 2, 8. 

3. What did the Lord do for the people ? 
What is said of Moses ? 

What is meant by, gave the people favor ? 

What by, the man Moses being very great in the land 

of Egypt 1 
What had conduced to his greatness 1 
4 



50 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Will not obedience to God, in the end, secure the high- 
est honor even upon the earth 1 

Whose names are now the most honorable in the pages 
of history 1 

4. What did Moses say ? 

What is meant by the Lord's going out into the midst of 
Egypt? 

Whom was this said to 1 

How do you reconcile this with Exod. x, 29 ? 

How did the time of its occurrence heighten the judg- 
ment 1 

5. What should happen 1 

What mill is here referred to 1 [ Ans. In the East, corn 
was ground in hand-mills, turned by two, sitting oppo- 
site each other, generally by female slaves.] 

Why should all the Egyptians suffer for the wicked ob- 
stinacy of Pharaoh 1 

What is meant by the expression, the first-born of Pha- 
raoh that sitteth upon his throne ? 

Can you think of any mercy in connection with this 
awful judgment 1 [Ans. The first-born children that 
had not reached the years of accountability would be 
saved from the evil example and awful end of their 
depraved parents.] 

What act of cruelty would this judgment bring to the 
recollection of Pharaoh 1 Exod. i, 22. 

6. What should there be in the land of Egypt? 

What is implied by this 1 

7. What does he say of the children of Israel ? 
What should they know by this 1 

What is meant by the expression, against any of the 

children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue ? 
What is here meant by, the Lord doth put a difference ? 

8. What is said of the servants of Pharaoh ? 
What should they say 1 

What would then happen ? 
How did Moses leave Pharaoh ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 51 

Whose words are contained in this verse, the Lord's or 

Moses' 1 
What did he mean by the expression, thy servants shall 

come down unto me ? 
How does Moses speak here'? [Ans. Not of himself 

personally, but as a representative of the Most High : 

this respect should be paid to him as the prophet of 

the Almighty.] 
What is meant by, all the people that follow thee? 
What by, I will go out ? 
What by, he went out in a great anger ? 
What had roused his indignation 1 
Was there anything sinful in this anger 1 
What is said in Ephriv, 261 
How do you distinguish that anger which is not sinful 

from sinful anger 1 

9. What did the Lord say unto Moses ? 

Was this another interview with the Lord 1 

10. What did Moses and Aaron do? 
What is said of Pharaoh 1 

What seems to be the object of these concluding verses ? 
What solemn lesson may we learn from the whole con- 
duct and punishment of Pharaoh 1 

LESSON XIII. 

Institution of the Passover. — Exodus 
xii, 1-28. 

What plague was threatened in the last lesson 1 
What did the Lord say should be the effect of this 1 

1 . Who spoke to Moses and Aaron ? 
Where were they at this time ? 

2. What did the Lord say ? 

What is meant by, this shall be unto you the beginning 

of months ? 
What month was this ? Deut. xvi, 1. 



52 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

To which of our months does this correspond 1 [ Ans. 

The latter part of March and the first of April.] 
When had their year commenced 1 [Ans. In Tisri, 

about the autumnal equinox.] 
Can you think of any reason why God should command 

them thus to change the commencement of their 

year] 

3. What did he command them to speak to the 
congregation of Israel ? 

Who are meant by the congregation of Israel ? 

What is meant by, according to the house of their fathers ? 

What by, a lamb for a house ? 

What is here the meaning of lamb ? Verse 5. 

4. What if the household were too little ? 
How should they make their count for the 

lamb ? 

What is meant by being too little for the lamb ? 

What by him and his neighbors taking it according to the 

number of the souls ? 
What by, every man according to his eating shall ye make 

your count for the lamb ? [Ans. You shall reckon for 

the lamb every person according to the quantity which 

he will probably consume.] 

5. What should be the character of the lamb ? 

What is meant by, without blemish ? 
Of whom was this a symbol 1 
What is said in 1 Peter i, 18, 19 ? 

6. Until what day should they keep it ? 
What should then be done with it ? 

What is meant by this 1 

At what hour was the lamb slain 1 [Ans. At the hour 

of evening sacrifice, about three o'clock, P. M.] 
At what hour did the Lord our Passover expire on the 

cross'? [Ans. Soon after three o'clock. Matt, xxvii, 

46-50.] 

7. What should they do with the blood ? 
With what were they to sprinkle this blood 1 Verse 22. 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 53 

Why were they to do this 1 

Of whose blood was this a symbol ] 

How are we benefited by the blood of Christ 1 ? Ephe- 

sians i, 7. 
If an Israelite had neglected this command, what would 

have been the consequence 1 
If we neglect availing ourselves of the blood of Christ 

what must follow 1 

8. What should be done with the flesh ? 
What should they eat with it ? 

Why were they to eat unleavened bread ? Deut. xvi, 3. 
Why to eat bitter herbs ? 

9. How was the flesh to be eaten ? 

What is meant by sodden ? 
What by the last clause 1 

10. When must it be eaten ? 

What should be done with the remainder ? 

What is meant by, ye shall let nothing of it remain ? 
Why were they to burn the remainder 1 

1 1 . How should they eat it ? 
What was this ? 

What is meant by, with your loins girded ? 

Why are they commanded to have their shoes upon their 
feet 1 [Ans. Orientals do not under ordinary circum- 
stances wear their sandals in the house.] 

Why should they eat in haste ? 

What is meant by, it is the Lord's passover ? 

12. What did the Lord say he would do ? 
Against whom would he execute judgment ? , 
What is meant by the expression, against all the gods of 

Egypt I will execute judgment ? 

13. What should the blood be ? 

What would the Lord do when he saw it ? 

What is meant by a token ? 

What by, I will pass over you ? 

How may we now escape spiritual death 1 



54 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

14. What should this day be to them ? 
How should they keep it ? 

What is meant by its being for a memorial ? 
What by, ye shall keep it a feast ? 
What is meant by an ordinance ? 

15. How long should they keep the feast? 
What is said in reference to leavened bread ? 

What is meant by, shall be cut off from Israel ? 
Why was disobedience to this command so severely 
punished 1 

16. What should there be upon the first and 
seventh day ? 

How should these days be kept ? 
What is meant by an holy convocation ? 

17. What should they observe? 

What reason does the Lord give for this ? 
What is meant by, in this self-same day ? 

18. When and how long should it be sepa- 
rated? 

19. What direction is here given as to its 
celebration ? 

What is here meant by, whether he be a stranger ? 

20. What should they not eat ? 
21-24. Whom did Moses call? 
What directions did he give them ? 

25. Where should this service be kept 7 

26, 27. What answer should they make their 
children when they inquired the meaning of 
this service ? 

What inquiries should parents encourage in their chil- 
dren] 

28. What did the children of Israel do ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 53 



LESSON XIV. 

Departure of the Israelites from Egypt. 
Exod. xii, 29-51. 

The appointment of what solemn feast is recorded in the 

last lesson 1 
In what month was it to be celebrated 1 
How was it to be kept 1 

29. What happened at midnight ? 

Who are meant by the first-born ? 
Who by the captive that was in the dungeon ? 
What must have been the state of the Egyptian fami- 
lies during that dreadful night 1 

30. Who rose up in the night ? 
What was there in every house ? 
What is here meant by, not a house 1 
What is meant by a great cry ? 

Are the Egyptians and other eastern nations accustomed 
to make loud lamentations upon the death of their 
friends 1 

Was there any injustice toward the Egyptians in this 
terrible visitation 1 

31. For whom did Pharaoh call ? 
What did he say ? 

Is it probable that Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron to 
the palace, or sent this message to them 1 

Does he show by thus sending them away that he con- 
sidered himself guilty in retaining them 1 

What does he mean by the expression, Go serve the Lord 
as ye have said ? 

32. What did he command them to take ? 
What did he desire them to do to him ? 

Why did he bid them take their flocks ? Exod. xxiv, 26. 
What did he mean by his request, Bless me also ? 
Why had this plague affected him more than the others ! 



56 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS* 

Was his repentance even now sincere 1 

33. What is said of the Egyptians ? 
What did they say ? 

What is the meaning of urgent ? 
What is meant by, we be all dead men ? 

34. What did the people do I 

Who are here meant by the people ? 

What is signified by their taking their dough before it 
- was leavened'? 

What is meant by, their kneading troughs being bound 
up in their clothes ? [Ans. These kneading troughs 
were small wooden bowls, which also served for 
dishes for their provisions when cooked. They might 
easily be rolled up in their loose flowing garments.] 

35. What did the children of Israel do ? 

What is meant by, according to the word of Moses ? 
By whose authority did Moses give this command T 
What is meant here by borrowed ? 

36. What did the Lord do for the people 1 
What was the result ? 

What is here meant by, gave the people favor ? 
What by, they lent unto them 1 
What by, they spoiled the Egyptians ? 

37. From whence did the children of Israel 
journey ? 

To what place ? 

How many went out ? 

Where was Rameses 1 Exod. i, 1 1 . [Ans. Probably in 
the land of Goshen.] 

Where was Succoth? [Ans. The original word signi- 
fies booths or tents ; it was probably some convenient 
place for an encampment between Rameses and the 
Red Sea.] 

What is meant by the expression, that were men ? 

What probably was the number of the whole company 1 
[Ans. It must have been upward of two millions.] 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 57 

38. What went up with them ? 

What is meant by a mixed multitude ? 

39. What did they bake ? 
Why did they do thus 1 

40. How long had Israel sojourned in Egypt ? 

"What is the meaning of sojourning 1 

From what date is this period reckoned % [Ans. Pro- 
bably from the promise to Abraham, Gen. xv, 13 ; 
from which time to the present was about four hun- 
dred and thirty years.] 

What is meant by the phrase, children of Israel ? 

How long had they actually been in Egypt] [Ans. 
About two hundred and fifteen years.] 

41. What came to pass at the end of this pe- 
riod? 

What is meant by, even the self-same day ? 
Who are meant by all the hosts of the Lord 1 

42. What is said of this night ,? 

What is meant by, a night to be much observed ? 
What by, that night of the Lord ? 

43. What did the Lord say? 

What is here the meaning of, the Lord said? [Ans. 

Had said.] 
What is referred to by the words, this is the ordinance 

of the passover ? 
Who is meant by the term stranger ? 

44. What is said of every man's servant ? 

45. What of the foreigner and hired servant? 

46. Where should it be eaten ? 
What is further said of it ? 

What is meant by its being eaten in one house 1 
To what was reference had in the command, neither shall 
ye break a bone thereof? John xix, 33-36. 

47. Who should keep the feast ? 

48. When might the stranger keep the feast ? 



58 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What would the stranger then become ? 
Who should not eat of it ? 

49. What is said of the law respecting this 
feast ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

50. What did the children of Israel do 1 

51. What happened on the self-same day ? 

What is here meant by the self -same day ? 

What is meant by, by their armies ? 

What solemn lesson may \ye draw from the first part of 

this lesson in reference to the consequences of willful 

resistance to the commands of God 1 

LESSON XV. 

The Israelites reminded of the Divine 
Favor. — Exodus xiii. 

What important event is recorded in the last lesson 1 
What feast was appointed to commemorate it 1 

1. Who spake to Moses? 

2. What did he say to him ? 

What is the meaning of sanctify ? 

What is meant by the expression, it is mine ? 

On what account did the Lord make this claim upon the 

first-born 1 
Who afterward took the place of the first-born 1 Num. 

iii, 12, 13. 

3. What did Moses say to the people ? 
How had they been brought out ? 
What should not be eaten 1 

W T hat is here the import of the term remember ? 
What is meant by, house of bondage ? 
What by, strength of hand ? 

4. What had happened upon this day ? 

5. Where was the Lord about to bring them! 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 59 

What should they do when there ? 

What is meant by the expression, thou shalt keep this 

service ? 
Where is this oath recorded? Gen. xv, 13, 21. 

6. How long should they eat unleavened 
bread ? 

What is said of the seventh day ? 

What is meant by, it shall be a feast to the Lord ? 
What is said in Deut. xvi, 8 1 
How do you reconcile the two 1 

7. What is said of the manner of observing this 
feast % 

8. To whom should they show this ? 
What should they say ? 

What is here meant by, show thy son ? 

What period is meant by, that day ? 

What is meant by, this is done ? 

What may we learn from this as to the duty of parents 1 

9. What should this be ? 
What should be in their mouth ? 

What is meant by, it shall be for a sign unto thee upon 

thine hand ? 
What is said in Matt, xxiii, 5 1 
What is meant by the expression, that the Lord's law 

may be in thy mouth ? 
How ought we to regard the word of God ? 

10. What should they keep ? 

What is the meaning of ordinance ? 
What is meant by, in his season ? 

11. 12. When brought into the promised land, 
what should they do 1 

13. What is said of the ass ? 
What of the first-born of man ? 

What is here probably signified by the term ass ? [Ans. 
It undoubtedly refers to all the unclean beasts, horses, 



60 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

camels, &c. ; the ass alone being specified, as the 
Israelites had scarcely any other beast of burden ; and, 
besides, one species, by a common figure, is made to 
stand for the whole.] 

Why should its neck be broken 1 

What is meant by the expression, thou shalt redeem ? 
(Compare Num. iii, 40-47 ■ xviii, 16.) 

For what purpose did the Lord lay this ordinance upon 
them 1 

14. How should they answer the inquiries of * 
their children ? 

What is referred to in the question, What is this ? 
How was this course calculated to produce a salutary 
impression upon the mind of a child'? 

15. What had the Lord done ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, would hardly let 
us go ? 

16. What should this be ? 

What is meant by this 1 

17. Whither did God not lead the Israelites ? 
Why did he not do this ? 

Where was the land of the Philistines? 

What would have been their nearest way into Canaan 1 

What is here meant by, God led them ? 

What by, through the way of the land ? &c. 

If Moses had not been divinely directed, would he pro- 
bably have taken the route he did ] 

What is the meaning of the reason here given for their 
not being led through the way of the land of the 
Philistines 1 

Does God always lead his children by the way they 
would have marked out for themselves 1 

What may we learn from this 1 

18. Whither did God lead them ? 

What is meant by, led the people about ? 
Where is the Red Sea ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 61 

What is meant by the expression, they went up har- 
nessed ? [Ans. Literally, by five in a rank ; mean- 
ing, probably, that they went out in good order, in a 
regulated array.] 

19. Whose bones did Moses take with him 1 
Why did he take them ? 

Where is the desire of Joseph expressed 1 Gen. 1, 25, 26. 
How did Joseph know that they would again go to 

Canaan "? 
What is meant by, he had straitly sworn the children of 

Israel ? 
Why did Joseph wish to have his bones in Canaan] 

20. From whence did they now journey 1 
Where did they encamp 1 

Where was Etham ? [Ans. Probably on the site of 
the modern town Adjerond, still a caravan station, 
eleven miles north-west of Suez.] 

What wilderness was this 1 

21. Who went before them? 

How did he manifest himself by day and night? 

What is meant by the expression, pillar of a cloud ? 
Were there two distinct pillars, one of cloud and the 

other of fire 1 
What was the object of this cloud 1 Psalm cv, 39 ; 

1 Cor. x, 1. 
What was signified by it 1 

What do you imagine must have been its appearance 1 
What is said of the prophetic church in Isa. iv, 5, 6 1 
How could it be properly said that the Lord went before 

them ? 

22. Did this remain permanently with them? 

What does this prove as to its miraculous character 1 



62 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 



LESSON XVI. 

Passage of the Red Sea — Destruction op 
the Egyptians. — Exodus xiv. 

What event is recorded in the last lesson ? 
What miraculous appearance went before them in their 
march I 

1. Who spoke to Moses ? 

2. What should he speak to the children of 
Israel ? 

Was not this, to all human appearance, a singular direc- 
tion for them to take — to the borders of the sea ? 

What information do modern travelers give us of the 
place of their crossing'? (See Dr. Olin's Travels, 
published at the Book Room.) 

3. What would Pharaoh say ? 

What is meant by the expression, they are entangled in 

the land ? 
Why were they brought into these straits 1 
Why does God sometimes permit his church to suffer 

afflictions and persecutions 1 

4. What would the Lord do to Pharaoh's heart? 
Upon whom would he be honored ? 

What should the Egyptians know ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, I will be honored 

upon Pharaoh ? 
How would the destruction of the Egyptians honor 

God] *'* 

5. What was now told the king ? 
How was he affected ? 

What did he and his servants say ? 

As Pharaoh had given them permission to go, what is 

the force of the expression, it was told the king of 

Egypt that the people fled ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 63 

What is meant by, the heart of Pharaoh was turned 

against the people ? 
What does this show must have been the character of 

their previous repentance 1 
What is the usual character of death-bed repentance 1 
What should we learn from this ? 

6. What did Pharaoh do ? 

Who are meant by his people ? 

7. What did he take with him ? 

8. What is said of Pharaoh ? 

How did the children of Israel go out ? 
What is the meaning of the last clause 1 

9. What did the Egyptians do ? 
Where did they overtake them ? 
What is here meant by pursued ? 

What by, overtook them encamping by the sea ? 

10. What did the children of Israel behold? 
How were they affected ? 

What did they do ? 
Why would this sight fill Israel with terror 1 
What is meant by the expression, Israel cried out unto 
the Lord ? 

11. What did they say unto Moses ? 

What is the force of these questions 1 

Why did they blame Moses 1 

What kind of spirit does Israel exhibit in this 1 

Ought not the previous interpositions of God and the 

disinterested sacrifices of Moses to have secured a 

different return 1 
How does unbelief now often exhibit itself in reference 

to a divine providence 1 

12. What had they said in Egypt? 
What reason did they give ? 

13. What did Moses say in return? 

Is not this calm, mild return of Moses, peculiarly noble 
under the circumstances'? 



64 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What does Moses exhibit in this answer 1 

"What is the meaning of tiie expression, see the salvation 

of God? 
What is meant by the command, to stand still ? 

14. Who should light for them ? 
What should they do ? 

What is meant by, the Lord shall fight for you? 
What by, and ye shall hold your peace ? 

15. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 

What did he command him to speak unto Is- 
rael? 

What is the meaning of the question the Lord asks him'? 
Why did the Lord seem to reprove Moses, or the people 

he represents, for their praying 1 
What of the command, Go forward ? 

16. What should Moses do ? 

What should the children of Israel then do ? 

Why did the Lord perform this miracle through the in- 
strumentality of Moses 1 

17. What would the Lord do? 
How did the Lord harden their hearts ! 
Was their sin in the least decreased by this 1 

Why did the Lord thus permit their hearts to remain 

hard? 
What must eventually be the fate of those who continue 

to resist divine mercies and judgments 1 

18. What should the Egyptians know? 

19. What is said of the Angel of God ? 
What of the pillar of cloud ? 

Who was this Angel of God ] Exod. xiii, 21 ; Gen. 

xvi, 7-13. 
What was signified by this change of the Angel of the 

Lord and of the pillar of cloud from their front to their 

rear 1 
What must have been their emotions as it took place? 

20. Where did it come ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 65 

How did it appear to the Egyptians ? 

How to Israel ? 

What purpose did the cloud serve ? 

21. What did Moses do? 

What did the Lord cause to be done ? 

Was the way made dry by a natural cause, a strong east 
wind, or by miraculous energy 1 

What reasons can you give for esteeming this an in- 
dubitable miracle 1 (See last clause of next verse, in 
connection with other reasons.) 

22. W r hat did the children of Israel do ? 
What is said of the waters I 

Whose power only could have effected tins'? 

What evidence of the authenticity of the Mosaic account 
of this miracle is exhibited in the simplicity of the de- 
scription of the event } 

How would an uninspired author have been likely to 
describe this scene 1 

23. What did the Egyptians do? 

24. What happened in the morning watch ? 

What hour was the morning watch? [Ans. The night 
was divided into three watches of four hours ; the 
last watch extended from two o'clock to six, A. M.] 

What is meant by the expression, the Lord looked unto 
the host of the Egyptians through the pillar 1 &c. 

What by, troubled the host of the Egyptians ? 

25. What did the Lord do to their chariots ? 
What did the Egyptians say ? 

What is meant by the expression, and took off their 

chariot wheels 1 
What by, they drave them heavily ? 
Why did they suppose the Lord fought for Israel against 

them 1 

26. What did the Lord now say to Moses ? 

27. What did Moses do ? 
What then happened ? 

5 



66 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What did the Lord do to the Egyptians ? 

What is the meaning of, the sea returned to his strength? 
What of, and the Egyptians fled against it ? 

28. What did the waters cover ? 
How many escaped ? 

29. What did the children of Israel do ? 
What did the waters become ? 

30. What did the Lord do that day I 
What did Israel see ? 

How must this terrible sight have affected them ? 
Were the Egyptians peculiarly careful about the proper 
interment of their dead bodies 1 

31. What did Israel see ? 
How were they affected ? 

What is here the meaning of great work ? [Ans. Lite- 
rally, " the great hand," that is, the mighty and mira- 
culous power.] 

Why would this naturally induce a fear of the Lord? 

Why belief in him 1 

Why in Moses % 

LESSON XVII. 
Hymn of Thanksgiving. — Exodus xv. 

What miraculous event is recorded in the last lesson 1 

1. Who sang a song of praise unto the Lord ? 
How did it commence 1 

Who probably composed the song? 

What may this be considered] [Ans. As the most 
ancient song preserved in any record ; and it is re- 
markable for its grandeur and simplicity.] 

How was it probably sung 1 [Ans. In alternate strains ; 
either one part by the men and one by the women, or 
one strain by Moses, and the chorus by the whole 
congregation.] 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 67 

Did the Israelites continue the custom of singing songs 
of thanksgiving 1 Deut. xxxi, 30 ; Exodus xxxii ; 
Judges v, 1. 

2. What does he declare the Lord to be ? 
What had he become ? 

What would he prepare for him ? 
What would he do for his father's God ? 

What is meant by, the Lord is my strength ? 

What by, my song ? 

What by, become my salvation ? 

What by, I will prepare him a habitation ? 

What by, I will exalt him ? 

3. What is the Lord said to be ? 
What does this mean \ 

4. What had he done to Pharaoh ? 

5. Where were his hosts and chariots? 

What is expressed in the words, they sank into the bottom 
as a stone 1 

6. What is said of the Lord's hand ? 

What is signified by the right hand ? 

7. What had the Lord done ? 

In what sense had the Egyptians risen up against God 1 
What is implied in the expression, thou sentest forth thy 
wrath ? 

8. How were the waters gathered? 
What is said of the floods and the depths ? 

What is referred to by the expression, with the blast of 

thy nostrils ? 
What is meant by, and the depths were congealed in the 

heart of the sea ? 

9. What had the enemy said ? 

What is the meaning of, my lust shall be satisfied upon 
them ? 

10. But how had the Lord disappointed them? 

1 1 . What does Moses say of the Lord ? 



68 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Who are meant by the term gods ? 
What is meant by, glorious in holiness 1 
What by, fearful in praises ? 

12. What had the Lord done ? 
What followed ? 

What is implied in the expression, thou stretchedst out 

thy right hand ? 
In what sense was the last clause true 1 

13. What had God done for his people ? 

What is the meaning here of redeemed ? 

What of, thou hast girded them in thy strength ? 

What by, thy holy habitation ? 

14. What should be the effect of these won- 
ders ? 

Who are meant by the inhabitants of Palestina ? 
From whom did the land of Canaan receive this name 1 

15. What other people and nations should be' 
affected ? 

Where was Edom ? 
Where was Moab ? 

What is meant by, the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt 
away ? 

16. What should fall upon them? 
How should they remain ? 
Until when ? 

What is meant by, shall be as still as a stone ? 
What by, till thy people pass over ? 
What by, which thou hast purchased ? 

17. Where should the Lord bring and plant 
them? 

What is the meaning of, and plant them in the mountain 
of thine inheritance ? 

What is meant by the expression, which thy hands have 
established? [Ans. In the clear light of prophecy, 
the temple is spoken of as already constructed, an 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 69 

event that would certainly transpire in the unerring 
providence of God.] 

18. What is said of the reign of the Lord ? 

19. How does this sublime hymn close ? 

20. What is said of Miriam ? 
What of the women ? 

Why is Miriam styled the prophetess ? 

What was the timbrel? [Ans. Probably a species of 

drum or tambourine.] 
Was this dance a religious exercise 1 
Was it afterward used as a part of devotion ? 2 Sam. 

vi, 14. 
Of what was it expressive 1 
Does this custom afford any justification of modern 

dancing 1 

21. How did Miriam respond? 

How did she answer them'? [Ans. It is probable that 
these words were the chorus sung by the women after 
each of the preceding verses.] 

22. What had Moses done ? 
Where did they go ? 

How far? 

What did they not find ? 

What is meant by the expression, Moses brought Israel ? 

&c. 
Where was the wilderness of Shur ? 
Is this lack of water characteristic of the desert 1 

23. To what place did they come ? 
What was the difficulty with the water ? 
What was it therefore called ? 

What is the meaning of the term Marah ? 
Do modern travelers corroborate the Scripture account 
of the desert water 1 

24. What did the people do and say? 
Why do they murmur still against Moses 1 



70 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What may we learn from this unbelieving spirit so soon 
after their miraculous escape from the Red Seal 

25. What did Moses do ? 
What did the Lord show him ? 
What did he do with this tree ? 
What then happened ? 

What did the Lord do for and with them ? 
Was the curing of this bitter water miraculous, or pro- 
duced by an ordinary natural cause 1 
What is meant by a statute ? 
What by an ordinance ? 
What by, there he proved them 1 

26. What did he say? 

What is meant by, diligently hearken ? 

What by the term diseases here 1 

What by the last expression, I am the Lord that healeth 

thee ? 
What must always follow obedience to God ? 
What must follow disobedience 1 
How does the Lord now prove us 1 

27. Where did they come ? 
What were there ? 

What did they do there ? 

Can you describe the palm-tree and its fruit 1 ? 
Do these wells still remain'? [Ans. Recent travelers 
point out with much certainty their position.] 

LESSON XVIII. 

Manna. — Exodus xvi. 

Whose song is recorded in the last lesson 1 

On what occasion was it composed ! 

What miracle had been wrought upon the bitter waters ? 

1 . From whence did they now journey ? 
Whither did they come ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 71 

Between what places was this ? 

When did they reach the wilderness of Sin ? 

Did they go immediately from Elim to the wilderness 1 
Num. xxxiii, 10, 11. 

Why is this omitted here 1 [Ans. In Numbers, all the 
stations are mentioned in detail ; but in this book, as 
the important events only are noticed, this stopping 
place is not recorded, nothing of moment having 
transpired there.] 

How long was this since their leaving Egypt 1 Exod. 
xii, 18. 

2. What did the whole congregation of Israel 
do? 

What is the meaning of murmured ? 

Why did they murmur against Moses and Aaron! 

3. What did they say ? 

What did they say Moses and Aaron had 

done 1 
What did they mean by the expression, Would to God we 

had died by the hand of the Lord ? 
What are meant by flesh-pots ? 
What by the expression, when we did eat bread to the 

full? 
Was there any truth in the charge they brought against 

their leaders 1 

4. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 
What should the people do 1 

For what purpose would the Lord do this ? 

What is meant by the expression, I will rain bread from 

heaven ? 
What by, they shall gather a certain rate every day t 
What by, that I may prove them ? 
How would this course tend to prove them? 
What effect should the mercies of God have upon us 1 

5. What should they do on the sixth day ? 
How much should they gather on this day ? 



72 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Why should they make the preparation for the seventh 
day upon the sixth % 

6. What did Moses and Aaron say to the 
people ? 

What was to happen at even ? Verse 13. 

Whom had the Israelites accused of leading them into 

the wilderness ! Verse 3. 
How would this convince them that the Lord had 

done it ? 

7. What should they see in the morning ? 
Who had heard their murmurings ? 
What do they say of themselves ? 

What is here meant by the glory of the Lord ? Verse 10. 

How had they murmured against the Lord ? 

What is the meaning of the last clause of the verse? 

8. When did Moses say this should be ? 
What had the Lord heard ? 

Against whom had they murmured ? 

9. What did Moses say to Aaron ? 

What is meant by the expression, Come near before the 

Lord? Verse 10. 
Why did he command Aaron to say this 1 

10. What happened while Aaron was speak- 
ing? 

What was this glorious appearance 1 [ Ans. It was the 
Shekinah, the manifest and burning symbol of the 
divine presence.] 

11. 12. To whom did the Lord speak? 
What did he say he had heard ? 

What should happen at even and in the morn- 
ing? 

What should they know ? 

Why did the Lord speak to Moses and not to the whole 
congregation 1 

13. What happened at even ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 73 

What in the morning ? 

What was the quail ? 
What is meant by the camp ? 
What by the host ? 

14. When the dew was gone, what was no- 
ticed ? 

What is meant by the face of the wilderness ? 

15. When the Israelites saw it, what did they 
say ? 

Why did they call it by this name ? 

What did Moses say to them ? 

What is the meaning of tne word manna ? [Ans. This 

is a gift or portion.] 
Was this the same as the substance now called manna ? 
Can you mention any points of difference between this 

and the manna now in use, showing that the former 

must have been miraculous 1 

16. What had the Lord commanded ? 
What quantity should each man gather ? 
What is meant by, according to his eating ? 
How large a measure was an omer ? 

What is meant by, according to the number of your per- 
sons ? 

17. What did the children of Israel do ? 

What is here meant by, some more, some less ? 

18. What happened when they came to mete it 
with an omer ? 

What is meant by, when they did mete it with an omer ? 

How, think you, was it brought about, that he that gather- 
ed much had nothing over, and he that gathered little 
had no lack ? 2 Cor. viii, 14, 15. 

To what does our Saviour compare himself in John vi, 
48-511 

In what respects was he like unto the manna 1 

How must we procure thisl)read of life? 

19. What did Moses command them ? 



74 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

20. Did they obey him ? 

How was Moses affected by this ? 

What is meant by wroth ? 

21. When did they gather it ? 

22. What happened on the sixth day 1 
What did the rulers do ? 

Why did they come and tell Moses ? 

23. What answer did he make them ? 

Had the commandment to honor the sabbath been given 

yet? 

When was the sabbath instituted 1 Gen. ii, 2, 3. 

Is this an evidence that the sabbath had been observed 

before the giving of the law 1 
What is the meaning of seethe ? 
How happened the manna to keep upon the sixth day 

when it spoiled upon the others 1 
Can you think of any reasons why the Lord caused the 

manna to .spoil after the use of one clay, except on the 

sabbath 1 

24. What did the Israelites do 1 

25. What did Moses say to them? 

26. What command did he give ? 

27. What happened on the seventh day 1 

28. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 

Why did the Lord thus address Moses, as he had not 
been guilty 1 [Ans. That he might be more vigilant 
in watching over his people.] 

29. What did the Lord enjoin upon him ? 

What is meant by his place ? 

30. What did the people do ? 

31. What is said of the manna? 

In what respect was it like coriander-seed 1 
What is the wafer here alluded to 1 

32. What did Moses say the Lord had com- 
manded ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 75 

What is meant by your generations ? 

33. What did Moses command Aaron ? 

What is meant by the expression, before the Lord ? 

34. What did Aaron do ? 

What is meant by the testimony ? Exod. xxv, 22. 

As the ark of the testimony was not yet constructed, 

what is the meaning of this verse 1 
What caused this manna to keep so long 1 

35. How many years did the children of Israel 
eat manna 1 

Until they reached what land ? 

In what respects may this be considered a stupendous 

miracle/? 
Why did the miracle cease when it did 1 

36. What is said of an omer? 
How large a measure was an ephah ? 

LESSON XIX. 

Water from the Rock — Discomfiture of 
Amalek. — Exodus xvii. 

How were the Israelites supplied with food in the wil- 
derness 1 

1. From whence did the children of Israel 
journey 1 

Where did they come ? 
What did they lack here ? 

What is here meant by, after their journeys 1 Num. 

xxxiii, 12-14. 
What is here meant by pitched ? 
Where was Rephidim ? 

2. What did the people do ? 
What did Moses say to them ? 
What is the meaning of chide ? 



76 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS* 

What is meant by the question, Wherefore do ye tempt 

the Lord ? 
How did their chiding Moses tempt the Lord ] 
Why was their conduct peculiarly ungrateful and wicked 

in thus reproaching God's servant! 

3. For what did the people thirst ? 
What did they do ? 

What did they say? 

How could they accuse Moses of killing them ? 

4. To whom did Moses cry? 

What did he say ? 

To whom should we resort in every difficulty'? 
Does Moses manifest any irritation toward his people m 
his prayer ? 

5. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 
Whom and what should he take with him ? 
For what purpose had this rod been before used ! 

6. What did the Lord promise to do ? 
What did he command Moses to do ? 
What should come from it V 

What did Moses do ? 

How would God stand before him ? Exod. xvi, 10. 
What is said in 1 Cor. x, 4 \ 
What is the meaning of this 1 

In what respects may our Lord be compared to this 
gushing rock in the wilderness 1 

7. What did he call the name of the place ? 
Why was this name given ? 

What is the meaning of the term Massah ? [Ans. 

Temptation.] 
What of Meribah? [Ans. Chiding or strife.] 
In what sense had they said, Is the Lord among us or 

not? 

8. Who came and fought with them ? 
Who was Amalek'? Gen. xxxvi, 9-16. 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 77 

What part of the country did the Amalekites inhabit 1 
[Ans. The desert south of Palestine, and in the vi- 
cinity of Mount Sinai.] 

Had the Israelites encroached upon Amalek] [Ans. 
They had not ; but as descendants of Esau they held 
a national enmity against the seed of Jacob ; and they 
probably were aware of the spoils and wealth they had 
brought away from Egypt, and hoped to plunder an 
unwarlike crowd like the Israelites.] 

9. What command did Moses give Joshua 1 
What would he do ? 

For what purpose would he stand upon the hill 1 

Why did he take the rod of God with him 1 

By what other names is Joshua known] Num. xiii, 8; 

Acts vii, 45. 
What did Joshua afterward become ? Deut. xxxi, 3. 

10. What did Joshua do 1 
Who went upon the hill ? 

11. What did Moses do? 
What happened ? 

Why should the rising and falling of Moses' hands affect 

the fate of the battle 1 
What did he probably hold aloft in his hand 1 
Of what was lifting up the hands a posture] Psa. xxviii, 

2 ; 1 Tim. ii, 8. 

12. What is said of Moses' hands? 
What did Aaron and Hur do ? 

How should the members of the church be engaged 
while the minister is striving in nrayer and labor for 

the success of the work of God 1 

13. What did Joshua do ? 
What is the meaning of discomfited ? 

14. What did the Lord command Moses to do ? 
What does he threaten to do ? 

What is meant by, for a memorial ? 

Why should it be rehearsed in the ears of Joshua"? 



78 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is tne meaning of the expression, put out the re- 
membrance of Amalek from under heaven ? 

When was this fulfilled 1 1 Sam. xv, 3, 7 ; xxx, 1, 17 ; 
1 Chron. iv, 43. 

Why was this destruction visited upon Amalek 1 Ver. 8. 

What may we learn from this 1 

15. What did Moses build ? 
What did he call the name of it ? 

What is the meaning of this term] [Ans. The Lord 

my banner.] 
Why did he erect this altar here 1 

16. What did Moses say? 

What is the meaning of this? [Ans. The Hebrew is 
literally, " For the hand upon the throne of Jah."] 

LESSON XX. 

Jethro's Visit to Moses. — Exodus xviii. 

What miracle is recorded in the first part of the last 

lesson 1 
What event in the latter part 1 

1 . What had Jethro heard ? 

Where did Jethro live] Exod. iii, 1. 

Why would Jethro feel so strong an interest in Israel 1 
[Ans. Being a descendant of Abraham and a wor- 
shiper of the true God.] 

How ought we to feel when God pours blessings upon 
other churches 1 

2. Whom did he take with him ? 
Why had Moses probably sent his wife back 1 

3. Whom besides did he take with him? 
What was the name of the first ? 

Why had he been so called ? 
Who was an alien in a strange land ? 

4. What was the name of the other ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 79 

Why so called ? 

What is the meaning of Eliezer? [Ans. My God a 

help. ] 
What is alluded to by the expression, and delivered me 

from the sword of Pharaoh ? 

5. To what place did Jethro come ? 
What is meant by the mount of God ? Exod. iii, 1. 

6. What did he say to Moses ? 

How did he say this ? 

7. What did Moses do ? 
What then transpired ? 

What does Moses exhibit in this act ? 
What may we learn from this 1 

8. What did Moses tell his father-in-law ? 
What is meant by the expression, all the travail that had 

come upon them by the way ? 
Is it not profitable to recall the mercies of God in the 
presence of our friends 1 

9. How was Jethro affected by this ? 
Why was he so rejoiced 1 

10. What did Jethro say? 

How should we feel upon a review of our past favors 1 
To whom do we owe all the mercies of our lives 1 
What return have you made to God for his unbounded 
goodness 1 

11. What did he say he knew? 
How did he know this ? 

What is the meaning of this? 

12. What did Jethro do ? 

Who came and united with them ? 

Why did he offer sacrifices ? 

What is meant by, before God ? Exod. xvi, 10. 

Why did they thus eat together] [Ans. It was a solemn 

religious feast, in which they covenanted together in 

mutual affection. See Gen. xxxi, 46.] 



80 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

13. What did Moses do on the morrow ? 
What is said of the people ? 

What is the meaning of, sat to judge the people ? 
What by, they stood by Moses from the morning unto the 
evening ? 

14. What did his father-in-law say to Moses 

when he saw this 1 

15. What did Moses answer? 

What did he mean by this answer X 

How was Moses enabled to declare the divine will 1 

16. What were the people accustomed to do? 
What did Moses do 1 

What is here meant by matter ? 

What by, the statutes and laivs of God 1 

17. What did his father-in-law say to him ? 

18. What would be the consequences of such 
a course ? 

What did he mean by, thou will surely wear away ? 

19. What did he bid him do ? 
What should he be to the people ? 

What did ti3 mean by, I will give thee counsel, and God 
shall be with thee ? 

What by, be thou for the people to God-ward? [Ans. 
Literally, " Be thou for the people before God, and 
bring thou the causes to God ;" that is, intercede 
with God for the people, and be thou the interpreter 
of his will to them, and bring their cause before him ; 
but do it in this manner, namely, teach them ordi- 
nances, &c] 

20. What should he do for them ? 
What should he show them ? 

21. What should he provide for them? 
What should they become ? 

What is meant by able men ? 
What by, such as fear God ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 81 

What by, men of truth ? 

What by, hating covetousness ? 

What would be the effect of having such rulers at the 

present time 1 
What is meant by, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of 

fifties, and of tens! 

22. What should be the duties of these rulers ? 
W 7 hat should they bring to him 1 

What of small matters 1 

What would be the benefit of such a course ? 

23. What further does he say would be the 
effect of this course ? 

What is implied in the expression, and God command 

thee so ? 
What is meant by, and all the people shall go to their 

place in peace ? 

24. What did Moses do ? 

What spirit does Moses show in this ! 
What may we learn from his example 1 

25. How did he carry out the plan 1 

26. What did these persons do? 
What with the hard causes ? 

What are meant by hard causes ? 

27. W 7 hat did Moses permit his father-in-law 

to do? 
What is said of him 1 
What is meant by the expression, let his father-in-law 

depart? [Ans. Took formal leave, accompanying him 

some distance upon his way.] 
6 



82 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 



LESSON XXI. 
Encampment at Mount Sinai. — Exodus xix. 

Whose visit is recorded in the last lesson 1 

1. When did Israel come into the wilderness 
of Sinai ? 

What is here meant by the same day ? [Ans. The first 
day of the month, just forty-five days after their de- 
parture from Egypt.] 

2. From whence did they depart ? 
Whither did they come ? 

What did they do there ? 
What is meant by, had pitched in the wilderness ? 
What by, camped before the mount ? 
Can you give any account of the present appearance of 
Mt. Sinai and the vicinity 1 (See Dr. Olin's Travels.) 
Had Moses ever been here before 1 Exod. iii, 1, 2. 
What promise had the Lord made him 1 Exod. iii, 12. 

3. Where did Moses go 1 

To whom did the Lord send a message ? 
What is meant by the expression, went up unto God ? 
What by, the Lord called unto him out of the mountain ? 
Who are meant by the house of Jacob ? 
Were Jacob and Israel two persons 1 

4. What had they seen ? 

What had the Lord done unto the Egyptians 1 

What is meant by the expression, how I bare you on 

eagles'' wings ? 
What is said in Deut. xxxii, 11, 121 
What is meant by, brought you unto myself? 

5. What should they do on their part 1 
What should they then be ? 

What is meant by, obeying God's voice indeed ? 
What by, keeping his covenant ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 83 

What by, their being a peculiar treasure unto God ? 
What connection is there between the last sentence, for 

all the earth is mi?ie, and what goes before it 1 
What is said in Mai. iii, 171 

6. What should they be unto him ? 
What does the Lord say of these words % 

What is meant by, a kingdom of priests, and a holy 

nation ? 
What is said in 1 Peter ii, 5, 9 1 
What should be the character of those who profess to be 

subjects of the kingdom of God 1 1 Peter i, 15, 16. 

7. What did Moses proceed to do ? 

What is the meaning of, laid before their faces ? 

8. How did the people answer ? 
What did they say ? 

What did Moses do? 

What is here meant by, answered together ? 
What by, Moses returned the words of the people unto the 
Lord? 

9. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 
To whom did Moses tell this ? 

How would this thick cloud assist them in recognizing 

the voice of Godl 
How would this appearance secure their faith in Moses 1 
What is said in Psalm xviii, 1 1 1 
How has God manifested himself unto us in the gospel 1 

Heb. i, 1-3. 

10. What did the Lord command Moses to do? 

What is here meant by, sanctify them to-day and to- 
morrow ? 

Of what was the washing of their clothes significant! 
Heb. x, 22. 

Why should they make this preparation for the appear- 
ance of the Lord 1 

11. Against what day should they be ready? 
What would happen on the third day ? 



84 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is implied in the expression, the Lord will come 
down in the sight of all the people ? 

12. What preparation should Moses make ? 
What should he say to the people ? 

What was the object of these preparations? 

What is the meaning of, thou shalt set bounds unto the 
people ? 

Why were they not permitted to approach the moun- 
tain'? 

What now is the believer's privilege 1 Heb. x, 19 ; Eph. 
iii, 12. 

What are our responsibilities on account of our peculiar 
privileges 1 Heb. xii, 18-25. 

13. What further solemn warnings are given? 
When should they approach the mount? 

What is referred to in the expression, There shall not a 

hand touch it ? 
What rendered the mountain so sacred 1 
What is meant by, when the trumpet soundeth long 1 
What by, come up to the mount ? 

14. What did Moses do? 

16. What happened upon the third day? 
How were the people affected ? 

What was signified by these terrible thunders and light- 
nings 1 
From whence came the voice of the trumpet 1 
How was all this calculated to excite terror 1 

17. What did Moses then do ? 
Where did they stand ? 

What is meant by the expression, to meet with God? 
What is meant by, the nether part of the mount ? 

18. How did Mount Sinai appear? 
What caused this ? 

What is further said of the mount ? 

What is the meaning of quaked ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 85 

What other scene only can equal the sublime terrors of 
this event ? 2 Peter iii, 10. 

19. When did Moses speak? 
Who answered him ? 

What is meant by, God answered him by a voice ? 
How was Moses affected by this ^ Heb. xii, 21. 

20. What did the Lord do ? 
Where did he call Moses ? 

21. What did the Lord command Moses to do? 

What is the meaning of, lest they break through unto the 

Lord? 
Is not unsanctified curiosity apt to lead us into danger 1 

22. What should the priests do ? 
For what reason ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, which come near 

to the Lord ? 
Who were these priests ? 
What is meant by the Lord's breaking forth upon them ? 

23. What did Moses answer? 

What does Moses seem to suppose 1 [Ans. Not that 
they could not, but would not dare to come nearer.] 

24. What did the Lord say to him ? 
What did he again repeat ? 

Why did he particularly warn the priests ? 

25. What did Moses do ? 
What did he speak to them 1 

LESSON XXII. 
The Law. — Exodus xx. 

What events are recorded in the last lesson? 
Where were the people now gathered % 

1 . Who spoke ? 

Did the Almighty deliver these commands himself, or by 
angelic agency 1 Heb. ii, 2 ; Acts vii, 25. 



86 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What are meant by, all these words ? 

2. What does the Almighty say of himself? 

What may these words be considered 1 [Ans. As a 
kind of preface to the commandments, in which God 
proclaims his solemn and august name, Jehovah, and 
the obligations under which his people were placed to 
him.] 

What is meant by the house of bondage ? 

Were these commandments intended only for the chil- 
dren of Israel 1 

Under what obligations have we also been placed to the 
Almighty 1 

Did the Saviour abrogate the law when upon the earth ? 
Matt, v, 17-19. 

What law was set aside by the coming of Jesus Christ 1 
Heb. x, 1-10. 

Are these commandments, then, still binding upon us 1 

Why are they sometimes called the Decalogue ? 

3. What is the first commandment ? 

What is meant by, before me ? 

What sin does this command forbid j 

What gods are referred to 1 

What does it require 1 Matt, xxii, 37, 38. 

In what way may this sin now be committed 1 Col. iii, 5, 

last clause. 
Why is covetousness called idolatry 1 
In what other ways may we be guilty of idolatry 1 

4. What is the second commandment ? 
What is a graven image ? 

For what purpose were these images made 1 

Images of what things were the ancient heathen idolaters 
accustomed to have ? 

Would this command forbid the use of images of the 
Virgin Mary and of the saints, as practiced by the 
Roman Catholics'? 

How only is God truly worshiped 1 John iv, 24. 

How do the Catholics avoid the force of this command 1 
[Ans. They have left out of the Decalogue this com- 
mand in their versions.] 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 87 

5. What were they forbidden to do to these 
images ? 

What solemn assertion does the Lord make ? 

How could they serve graven images \ 

What is meant by, I the Lord thy God am a jealous 

God? 
What by, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the 

children unto the third and fourth generation ? 
Is there any contradiction between this passage and 

Ezek. xviii, 20 \ 
How should parents be affected by the consequences of 

their conduct upon their children 1 
What is it to hate God ? 
Who are now guilty of this disposition! 
What must be the consequence of this hatred to God? 

6. To whom does God show mercy I 

What is meant by showing mercy? 

7. What is the third commandment 1 

What divine judgment is connected with the 
breach of this commandment ? 

What sin is forbidden in this command ? 

What is meant by the expression, the Lord will not hold 

him guiltless ? 
Will this command apply to a careless and thoughtless 

use of the names of the Almighty in conversation, as 

well as to profane swearing ? 
Does it apply to judicial oaths and oaths of office ? 

8. What is the fourth commandment 1 

What is implied here in the word remember ? 

What evidence can you give that the sabbath had been 

instituted and recognized before the giving of the 

law? Gen. ii, 1-3. 
What is meant by the command, keep it holy ? 
How should we pass the hours of the sabbath ? 
On which of our days was the Jewish sabbath kept ? 
On what authority has the day been altered ? 

9. How many days are given for labor? 



88, QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Is man as verily commanded to work during the six days 
of the week as to cease on the seventh 1 

What would be the effect of failing to do this? 

Does this command imply that we should make all pos- 
sible preparations for the sabbath on the preceding 
days 1 

10. What is said of the seventh? 
What should not be done on it I 

What is meant by the expression, is the sabbath of the 
Lord thy God ? 

Does this command imply that no labor of any descrip- 
tion is to be performed upon the sabbath 1 

What kinds of work are permitted ? Matt, xii, 1-13. 

What control over their households should Christian men 
exercise upon the sabbath-day 1 

How does this command refer to cattle ? 

Who is meant by the stranger within thy gates ? 

How has God ever regarded those that habitually break 
the sabbath 1 

What have we serious reason to fear while engaged in 
pleasure-taking or unnecessary labor on this day 1 

11. What did the Lord make in six days ? 
What did he do upon the seventh ? 
What favor did he bestow upon this day ? 
What is meant by the expression, rested the seventh 

day? 
What by, blessed and hallowed it 1 
Do all these reasons for keeping the sabbath apply alike 

to all men, as well as to the Jews 1 

12. What is the fifth commandment ? 
What promise is connected with it ? 

What is implied in the command, Honor thy father and 
thy mother ? 

What in the promise that follows obedience 1 

What does this command forbid 1 

For what reasons should children thus honor their pa- 
rents 1 

What kind of behavior dishonors them 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 89 

What is said of this command in Eph. vi, 2 ? 

Does this command cease to be binding when we have 

reached mature years 1 
How long should we honor them'? 

13. What is the sixth commandment? 

How does the Saviour expound this command 1 Matt. 
v, 21, 22. 

Are wars contrary to the letter and spirit of this con> 
mandl 

Are legal capital punishments forbidden by this pre- 
cept 1 

14. What is the seventh commandment ? 

15. What the eighth? 
What is implied in this command 1 

Is it stealing to take things of small value 1 
Is it to take the property of our parents 1 
What is said of thieves in 1 Cor. vi, 101 

16. What is the ninth commandment? 

What is it to bear witness ? 

What to bear false witness 1 

Who is meant by thy neighbor ? 

May we innocently remain silent when our silence is 

construed to the injury of our neighbors'? 
What terrible example have we of the divine abhorrence 

of falsehood 1 Acts v, 1-10. 
What will be the portion of all liars 1 Rev. xxi, 8. 

17. What is the tenth commandment? 

What is it to covet ? 

How is this a sin against God 1 

What is the sin of coveting liable to lead us to ? 1 Kings 

xxi. 
How may we be saved from this sin 1 
What is said in Heb. xiii, 5 1 
Is it enough if we do not break these commandments by 

any outward act 1 
As we have broken these commandments, how must we 

obtain forgiveness 1 Gal. iii, 24 ; 1 Tim. i, 15. 



90 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

18. What did the people see 1 
What did they do ? 

Why did they draw back from the mount 1 

Will not a discovery of our sins, if unforgiven, always 

fill us with terror at the sight or approach of the 

Almighty 1 

19. What did they say to Moses ? 

Why did they fear to have God speak with them 1 

20. What did Moses say to the people ? 

What is the meaning of, God is come to prove you ? 

What by, that his fear may be before your faces ? 

How would what they had seen and heard tend to keep 

them from sin 1 
What will serve to restrain us from sin 1 - 

21. Where did the people stand? 
Whither did Moses go 1 

What is meant by the expression, where God was ? 

22. What did the Lord bid Moses say to the 
children of Israel ? 

What is meant by the expression, ye have seen that I 
have talked with you from heaven ? 

23. What should they not make 1 

What is meant by, ye shall not make with me gods of 
silver? &c. 

24. What kind of an altar should they con- 
struct 1 

What should they sacrifice upon it ? 
Where would the Lord bless them ? 

What altars are here referred to 1 
Why not construct more permanent altars ? 
What is the meaning of the promise contained in the 
last clause 1 

25. What should be the nature of their stone 
altars ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 91 

Why was this enjoined'? [Ans. For the same reason 
that they were commanded to construct altars of earth, 
and also to prevent their running into the idolatrous 
practices of the heathen, who were accustomed to 
build their altars of hewn stone, and to adorn them 
with curious carvings.] 



LESSON XXIII. 

Civil and Political Laws of the Hebrews. 
Exodus xxi. 

What was the principal subject of the last lesson'? 
Where were the ten commandments given 1 

1 . What is contained in this chapter 1 

What are meant by judgments ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, set before them ? 

2. What was the law respecting Hebrew ser- 
vants ? 

In what ways might a Hebrew be brought into servitude? 

Verse 7 ; Lev. xxv, 39 ; 2 Kings iv, 1 ; Exodus 

xxii, 3, 4. 
Was slavery, therefore, permitted by the Mosaic law? 
But how did this servitude differ widely from modern 

slavery I 

3. If he came in by himself, how should he go 
out? 

What if married 1 
What is meant by, came in by himself? 
How was the liberated slave sent forth 1 Deut. xv, 
13, 14. 

4. What was the law if his master had given 
him a wife, and he had a family 1 

To what is reference here had] [Ans. "It was a law 
among the Hebrews, that if a Hebrew had children by 
a Canaanitish woman, these children must be con- 



92 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

sidered as Canaanitish only, and might be sold and 
bought, and serve for ever. The law here refers to 
such a case only." — Clarke.] 

5, 6. What if the servant desired to remain 
with his master ? 

Who are meant by the judges ? [Ans. Literally it 
hould be rendered, to God ; that is, to the tabernacle, 

where the glory of his presence was manifested.] 
What is meant by, bring him to the door ? [Ans. Of the 

tabernacle.] 
Of what was the boring of the ear significant ] 
What is here the force of for ever ? [Ans. During his 

life, or the life of his master ; or, as some think, until 

the year of jubilee.] 

7, 8. What was the law concerning maid-ser- 
vants ? 

When was this kind of servitude permitted 1 [Ans. 
Only in the extremest destitution.] 

What is meant by, she shall not go out as the men-ser- 
vants do ? [Ans. That is, she shall have better con- 
ditions.] 

Was this a selling of the perso?i, or only of the services ? 

What seems to have been the general expectation when 
this sale was made 1 [Ans. That the buyer intended 
to make her his wife, or to give her to his son.] 

What is meant by, then shall he let her be redeemed? 
[Ans. If he does not fulfill this expectation, he shall 
see to it that she is redeemed ; he shall have no power 
over her to sell her to strangers.] 

9. If he have betrothed her to his son, what 
should he do ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

10. What further precept is given in reference 
to her 1 

1 1 . What if her master fails to do these things ? 

12. What should be the punishment for smiting 
a man ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 93 

What is here meant by the term smiteth ? 
What is said in Gen. ix, 6 ? 

Was there any pardon or ransom received for willful 
murder'? Num. xxxv, 31. 

13. For whom should a place to flee be ap- 
pointed ? 

What is meant by the expression, if a man lie not in 
wait? &c. [Ans. If he kill another by accident, 
without an evil intention.] 

What is said in Deut. xix, 4-6 1 

What is referred to in the expression, I will appoint thee 
a place ? &c. Verse 14 ; Num. xxxv, 6. 

14. What is said of presumptuous murder? 

What is meant by presumptuously ? 

What is the meaning of guile ? 

Why would he be found at God's altar 1 

15. What is said of him that smiteth his pa- 
rents ? 

Why was this sin peculiarly aggravated^ 

Does the term smite here necessarily denote the killing 
of a parent 1 [Ans. It does not, else this precept 
would be included in that recorded in verse 12. See 
also verse 17.] 

16. What should be the punishment of the man- 
stealer ? 

What is meant by this precept 1 Deut. xxiv, 7. 
What is meant by, if he be found in his hand ? 
To whom now will this precept apply 1 

17. What should be the punishment of him that 
curseth his parents ? 

What is the meaning of the term curseth ? 

Why should so terrible a punishment be visited upon 
one that treated his parents contemptuously 1 

Will not a child that curses his father or mother be cer- 
tain to commit other sins 1 



94 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

18, 19. What is the law in reference to violent 

contentions ? 
What is here the meaning of strive together ? 
"Why is this precept peculiarly wise and reasonable 1 

20. What should be the punishment of smiting 
a servant 1 

What is implied in the act being done by a rod ? 
What is the force of the words, he shall be surely 
punished ? 

21. If death does not at once ensue, what is 
said? 

What is meant by the expression, for he is his money ? 
Why should the fact of the servants surviving the 
punishment relieve the master from judgment 2 

24, 25. What general principle for rewarding 
crime is given in these verses ? 

What is the meaning of this \ 

What is this law called! [Ans. The law of retaliation.] 

Was each individual at liberty to exact this vengeance ^ 

Deut. xix, 17-21. 
Does our Saviour abrogate this law! Matt, v, 38-40. 

26, 27. What if a man injured the eye or tooth 
of his servant ? 

What was it the intention of this law to forbid and pro- 
hibit 1 

28-32. What was the law in reference to the 
injury done by cattle to any person 1 

Why should the owner be accountable for the injury done 

by his ox I 
Why was not the flesh of the ox to be eaten 1 
What is meant by the owner of the ox shall be quit 1 
What is the meaning of, if there be laid on him a sum of 

money ? 
What is meant by, according to this judgment shall it be 

done unto him ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 95 

33, 34. What was the law in reference to a pit 

left uncovered 1 
35, 36. What was the law when cattle injured 

each other ? 

What is the leading characteristic of all these statutes 1 

LESSON XXIV. 

Judicial Laws. — Exodus xxii. 

What were the subjects of the last lesson 1 

1. What was the penalty for stealing an ox or 
a sheep ? 

2. What is said about a thief? 

What is the meaning of the expression, breaking up? 

[Ans. Rather, breaking into a house.] 
What of, there shall no blood be shed for him ? 

3. What if the sun should be risen upon him 1 
What reason is given for this 1 

What if he have nothing 1 

What is meant by the expression, if the sun be risen 

upon him ? 
What by, there shall be blood shed for him ? 
What by, shall be sold for his theft 1 

4. What should he do if the theft were found 
in his hand 1 

What is meant by, found in his hand ? 

5. What should be the penalty if a man turned 
his beast into another's field ? 

What is meant by, if a man shall cause afield or vineyard 
to be eaten ? 

6. What should be done if a man kindled a fire 
that did injury ? 



96 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

For what purpose are such fires often kindled 1 [ Ans. 
To prepare the ground for cultivation, just before the 
autumnal rains, they are accustomed to set fire to the 
dry herbage upon the ground. Unless great care be 
taken, these fires rapidly spread, and a great destruc- 
tion of property ensues. A fire, while grain was 
standing, would become more destructive in its con- 
sequences.] 

7. What if property deposited in a man's hand 
be stolen? 

8. What if the thief be not found ? 

What is meant by the expression, to see whether he have 
put his hand unto his neighbor's goods ? 

9. How should all manner of trespass be 
treated ? 

What is the meaning of trespass ? 

What is meant by the expression, which another chal- 
lengeth to be his ? 

10. 11. What if injury should happen to cattle 
thus deposited with another ? 

What is meant by, then shall an oath of the Lord be be- 
tween them both ? 

What by, the owner of it shall accept thereof? 

Why would this oath be a satisfactory assurance of inno- 
cence 1 

12. What if it should be stolen ? 

How could this be just 1 [Ans. Because he should have 
taken better care of it.] 

13. What if it were torn in pieces ? 
What is meant by, bringing it for witness ? 

14. What was the law concerning borrowed 
things ? 

15. What if the owner be with it? 
What if it were hired ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 97 

1 8. What was the law concerning the witch ? 
What is a witch? [Ans. One who practices magical 

arts, incantation, sorcery, &c] 
Does this precept in any way assert preternatural powers 

of such persons ? 
Why were these persons so severely punished % Deut. 

xviii, 10, 11. 

20. What was the punishment for idolatry ? 

What is meant by the expression, utterly destroyed ? 
Why was this penalty so heavy 1 

21. What should they not do to the stranger ? 
What reason is given for this 1 

What is the meaning of the terms vex and oppress ? 
What is meant by their being strangers in Egypt 1 

22. What is said of the widow and fatherless ? 

What is the meaning of afflict ? 

23. 24. Should they afflict these, what would 
the Lord do to them 1 

What is meant by, and they cry at all unto me ? 

What by, my wrath shall wax hot 1 

How could the Lord kill them with the sword ? 

25. What was the law in reference to money- 
lending 1 

What is usury? 

What is said in Lev. xxv, 36, 37 1 

Of whom did the Jews collect usury 1 Deut. xxiii, 19, 20. 

26, 27. What is said of pledges ? 
Why should they do this ? 
What if he cried unto God ? 
What is meant by a pledge 1 

What article of raiment is referred to ? 

What, then, is the force of the question, Wherein shall 

he sleep ? 
What of the expression, for I am gracious ? 

28. Whom should they not revile ? 

7 



98 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Whom should they not curse ? 

Who are meant by the term gods ? [Ans. Some think 
magistrates and judges are meant. The most correct 
view is, that the word should be rendered God, re- 
ferring to the Almighty : thou shalt not revile God.] 

What is the meaning of revile ? 

What of curse ? 

What is said in Eccles. x, 20 1 

What lesson may we learn from this as to our treatment 
of those who are in office 1 

29, 30. What offe rings should they make the 
Lord ? 

What was expressed by this offering 1 

What should we do when we receive some especial 

temporal blessing from the hand of God 1 
What is meant by the term liquors ? 
When was this precept first given ? Exod. xiii, 2. 

31. What should they be as a nation ? 

What should they not eat ? 

What is meant by the command, Ye shall be holy unto 
me ? 

Why should they not eat torn flesh ? Lev. xxii, 8. [Ans. 
This flesh would contain the blood of the animal, which 
they were strictly forbidden to eat, both because it was 
polluting and because blood was typical of the media- 
torial Sacrifice.] 

LESSON XXV. 

Judicial Laws, Continued. — Exodus xxiii. 

What was the subject of the last lesson ? 
What evidence is given in these laws that they came 
from God 1 

1 . What should they not raise ? 

What should they not do ? 

What is meant by the expression, raise a false report ? 

What is said in Lev. xix, 16 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 99 

What by, put not thine hand with the wicked ? 

What is said in Prov. xi, 21 1 

What lesson may we learn from this precept 1 

2. In what should they not follow the multi- 
tude ? 

What should they not do in a cause ? 

Is the opinion of the multitude a safe index of the right- 
eousness of any course 1 

Ought we to be willing to stand alone in what we be- 
lieve to be the truth 1 

How shall we be judged in the great day of accounts 1 
Rom. ii, 6. 

What is the meaning of the last clause of the verse'? 

3. Whom should they not countenance ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 (Compare Lev. xix, 15 
with Deut. i, 16, 17.) 

4. What should be done with the wandering 
cattle of an enemy ? 

What says our Lord in Matt, v, 44 1 

What only will enable us to fulfill this command 1 

5. What should be done for the over-burdened 
beast of an enemy ? 

What is the meaning of, and wouldest forbear to help 
him? [Ans. Either the simple idea contained in the 
words themselves, feeling disinclined to help him 
through the ill-treatment received from the master, 
or, as some render the passage, " Thou shalt in that 
moment dismiss or forsake thy enmity to him, and go 
and help him.~\ 

What is meant by the expression, help with him 1 

What is said in Prov. xxv, 21, 22] 

6. What should they not do to the poor ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

What is meant by the expression, thy poor] 

7. From what should they keep themselves? 
Whom should they not slay ? 



100 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What reason is given for this ? 

What is here meant by a false matter ? [ Ans. A false 

judgment in a judicial cause.] 
What by, the innocent, &c, slay thou not? 
What is the force of the last expression 1 

8. What should they not take ? 
What reason is given for this ? 

What is here the meaning of the term gift ? 

How does a bribe blind the wise ? &c. 

To whom is this precept particularly addressed 1 

9. What is said of the stranger ? 
What reason is given for this ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, ye know the 
heart of a stranger ? 

10. How many years should they sow their 
land and gather its fruit 1 

11. But what should be done the seventh year? 
Who should have the benefit of it ? 

With what besides should they deal in the same 

way? 
Can you think of any reasons why God enjoined this law 

upon them? Lev. xxv, 20, 21. 
Were the Jews faithful in keeping this requirement 1 

2 Chron. xxxvi, 21. 
What is an oliveyard ? 
"What is implied in the expression, that the poor of thy 

people may eat ? 
How would the beasts be benefited by this arrangement] 

12. What command is reiterated in this verse ? 
Who are to keep the day ? 

What is meant by the expression, on the seventh day thou 

shalt rest ? 
Is the unnecessary use of the horse on the sabbath a 

violation of this precept 1 
What is meant by the expression, that the son of thy 

handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 101 

What is said in Acts iii, 19 1 

What is shown by the repeated mention of the law re- 
lating to the sabbath 1 

13. What general command is given in refer- 
ence to the divine statutes ? 

Of what should they not make mention ? 

What is the meaning of circumspect ? 

What of, make no mention of the name of other gods ? 

14. How many feasts should they keep? 

What is the meaning of the term feast here 1 
Were there not other feasts among the Jews ? 
What, think you, were the principal reasons for establish- 
ing these three great feasts 1 

15. What is said of the feast of unleavened 
bread ? 

By what other name is it known 1 
Why called the feast of unleavened bread ? 
What is meant by the expression, none shall appear be- 
fore me empty ? 

16. What was the second feast? 
What was the third ? 

When was this celebrated ? 

By what other name is the feast of harvest known 1 

Exod. xxxiv, 22. # 

Why so called 1 [Ans. Because it was celebrated seven 

weeks, or a week of weeks after the passover. It was 

also called Pentecost, as occurring on the fiftieth day 

after the feast of unleavened bread.] 
Of what was this feast commemorative 1 
By what other name is the feast of ingathering known 1 

Lev. xxiii, 34. 
Why so called 1 

17. Who should attend these feasts? 

What is meant by, shall appear before the Lord God ? 

18. What should not be used with the sacri- 
fice? 



102 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What should not remain until morning ? 

What is meant by, the blood of my sacrifice? Lev. 
xxxiv, 25. 

What by the last expression 1 Exod. xii, 8, 10. 
Why is this styled my sacrifice 1 

19. What should they bring into the house of 
the Lord? 

What should they not do ? 

What is meant by the first-fruits ? 

What by, bringing them into the house of the Lord ? 

What by the last expression in the verse 1 [Ans. Pro- 
bably it refers to some idolatrous practice, from which 
the Jews were strictly forbidden.] 

20. Who should go before them ? 
What should he do ? 

Who is here meant by the term Angel 1 Gen. xvi, 11, 13 ; 

1 Cor. x, 9. 
What is the meaning of the expression, to keep thee in 

the way ? 
What by, the place which I have prepared ? 

21. How should they regard him ? 
What would he not do ? 

What was in him ? 

What is meant by* the caution, beware of him ? 
What by, provoke him not ? 

What by, he will not pardon your transgrsesions ? 
What by, for my name is in him ? John x, 38. 

22. What promise is made them, if obedient ? 
What is the meaning of this 1 

23. What should the Angel do? 
What would be done to these nations ? 
Where did these nations dwell 1 

24. What should they not do to their gods ? 
But what should they do to them ? 

What is meant by, nor do after their works ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 103 

25. Whom should they serve ? 
What would he do for them ? 

What is implied in the expression, he shall bless thy bread 

and thy water ? 
What in, I will take sickness away from the midst of thee ? 

26. What is contained in this verse ? 

What is meant by the expression, the number of thy days 
I will fulfill? 

27. What would he send before them ? 
What should be the effect of this ? 

What is meant by, I will send my fear before thee ? 

What is said in Joshua ii, 9, 1 1 1 

What is here implied in the term destroy ? 

28. What insects would he send before them? 
What should they do ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 (See Joshua xxiv, 12.) 

29. Why should they not be driven out in one 
year ? 

30. How should they be driven out? 

What is the meaning of, until thou be increased and in- 
herit the land 1 

31. What should be their bounds? 
What should become of the inhabitants ? 

What is meant by the sea of the Philistines ? 
What by the desert? [Ans. Of Arabia.] 
What by the river ? [Ans. Euphrates.] 
When did they come into the possession of all this terri- 
tory 1 1 Kings iv, 21. 

32. What should they not do with these na- 
tions ? 

What does this mean 1 

33. Why should they not dwell in the land? 
If they served their gods, what would be the 

consequence ? 



104 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

How would these nations make them sin against God T 
"What is implied in the expression, it will surely he a snare 
unto thee ? Joshua xxiii, 13. 



LESSON XXVI. 

Moses goes up into the Mgunt unto the 
Lord. — Exodus xxiv. 

What was the subject of the last lesson? 

1. What was said to Moses ? 
Who were to come with him ? 
What were they to do ? 

Who said unto Moses, Come up ? &c. 

What is meant by his coming up unto the Lord ? 

Who were Nadab and Abihu? Lev. x, 1. 

What afterward became of them 1 Lev. x, 2. 

What may we learn from their present exalted privileges 

and their dreadful end? 
Who are meant by the elders ? 
What is the meaning of the command, ivorship ye afar 

off? 

2. Who alone should come near the Lord ? 
What is said of the people ? 

What is meant by the expression, Come near the Lord ? 

Where did the people remain'? Exod. xix, 17. 

Why was this especial honor placed upon Moses ; and 

even the elders, Aaron, and his sons, commanded to 

worship at a distance ? 

3. What did Moses tell the people ? 
What answer did the people make 1 

What are meant by, all the words and all the judgments 

of the Lord? 
What may we learn from the readiness with which they 

promise obedience, and the short time that elapses ere 

they forget their covenant 1 

4. What did Moses do ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 105 

What did he build in the morning ? 

Why did Moses write the words of the Lord 1 

Why build an altar 1 

What did the twelve pillars represent 1 

What was symbolized by the whole ? [Ans. A covenant 
between God, represented by the altar, and the tribes 
of Israel signified by the representative pillars.] 

What is meant by, under the hill ? Exod. xix, 17. 

5. What did he send young men to do ? 

Who are meant by young men ? Num. iii, 4. 
Why were these sacrifices offered at this time 1 Heb. ix, 
18, 20. 

6. What did Moses do with the blood ? 
With what did he sprinkle half of it ? 

7. From what did he read ? 
What did they say 1 

What is meant by, the hook of the covenant ? 

8. Whom did he sprinkle with the remainder 
of the blood 1 

What did he say ? 

What was implied by sprinkling the altar and the people 

with the blood 1 
What is meant by the expression, concerning all these 

words ? 
How was this sprinkling performed 1 Exod. xii, 22. 
What similar language does our Redeemer use when 

establishing a covenant ordinance with his people? 

Mark xiv, 24. 
In partaking this ordinance, what do we covenant to do 1 
What are the terms of the New Testament or covenant 

in Chris f s blood 1 Mark xvi, 16. 

9. Who now ascended the mount ? 

10. Whom did they see ? 
What was-«under his feet 1 
What is said in 1 Tim. vi, 16 1 

How do you reconcile this with the present verse 1 



106 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What vision appeared to Ezekiel 1 Ezek. i, 26, 28. 

What is said in John xiv, 9 1 

What is sapphire-stone ? [Ans. A precious stone, hard, 

and of a beautiful blue color.] 
What is meant by the body of heaven ? 
Did they see any similitude of a man 1 Deut. iv, 15. 
What, then, is meant by, under his feet ? 
Why was this glorious manifestation made to these elders, 

and to Aaron and his son 1 
Why are such revelations not now made to men 1 

1 1 . What did he not do to the nobles ? 
Whom did they see ? 

What did they do ? 

What is meant by, laid not his hand ? 

Who are meant by the nobles ? 

Why is it stated that they eat and drank after they saw 

Godl 
What was the general apprehension would be the effect 

of seeing God ? Gen. xvi, 13 ; xxxii, 30. 
Upon what did they probably feast 1 (See verse 5 ; Gen. 

xxxi, 51-54.) 

12. What did the Lord bid Moses to do? 
What would he give him ? 

For what purpose ? 

What is signified by the command, Come up, as he was 

already upon the mount 1 
What by the expression, be there ? 
What are meant by tables of stone ? 
What by, law and commandment which I have written ? 
To whom was Moses to teach them ? 

13. Whom did Moses take with him ? 
Whither did he go ? 

What is meant by the expression, his minister Joshua ? 

Num. xi, 28. 
Why was Joshua permitted to enjoy this honor'? 

14. What did he say to the elders ? 
Who were with them ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 107 

If any man had matters to do, to whom should 
he come ? 

Why did he lay this injunction upon them 1 [ Ans. Pro- 
bably anticipating a long detention.] 

Were they to remain in that spot upon the mountain 1 
Exod. xxxii, 1, 2. 

What, then, is the meaning of the command, tarry ye 
here ? [Ans. Some think that the elders tarried upon 
the mount, and the people came to them freely.] 

What is signified by the expression, behold Aaron and 
Hur are with you 1 

What' is meant by, matters to do ? 

15. Whither did Moses go 1 
What covered the mount ? 

16. What abode upon Mount Sinai? 
How long did the cloud cover the mount ? 
What happened the seventh day ? 

What is meant by the glory of the Lord ? 
Who is meant by the expression, he called unto Moses 1 
Who had been with Moses these six days 1 
Why was this long space permitted to intervene before 
Moses was called directly into the presence of God 1 

17. How did the glory of the Lord appear to 
Israel ? 

What is meant by the expression, like a devouring fire ? 
What is said in Heb. xii, 28, 29 1 

18. Where did Moses go 1 
How long was he there ? 

What is meant by, went into the midst of the cloud ? 
What by, gat him up into the mount ? 
What sustained him during this long period without 
food? 



108 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 



LESSON XXVIL 

The Tabernacle and its Furniture. 
Exodus xxv-xxxi. 

Where was Moses, as recorded in the last lesson 1 

How were the materials for the tabernacle to be obtain- 
ed 1 Exod. xxv, 1-7. 

Where had they obtained these precious metals 1 Exod. 
xii, 35, 36. 

What is meant by, of every man that giveth willingly with 
his heart, ye shall take my offering 1 

What is said in 2 Cor. ix, 7 1 

What should they make with these 1 Verse 8. 

For what purpose 1 Verse 8. 

What is meant by a sanctuary ? 

What by the expression, that I may dwell among 
them ? 

Who planned the tabernacle and its instruments 1 Ver. 9. 

What is the meaning of tabernacle ? 

How did the Lord show Moses the pattern of it 1 Heb. 
viii, 5. 

How was the ark of the testimony to be constructed'? 
Verses 10-16. 

What is an ark ? 

What is here meant by testimony? [Ans. The two 
tables of stone upon which the law of the ten com- 
mandments was written. See Exod. xxxi, 18.] 

Why were they so called ] 

What was the construction of the mercy-seat? Verses 
17-20. 

Where was the mercy-seat to be placed 1 Verse 21. 

What was to be within the arkl Verse 21. 

Why was the mercy-seat placed over the law ? 

Where did God promise to meet with Moses 1 Verse 22. 

What is meant by his meeting with him ? 

What of, J will commune with thee of all things which I 
will give thee in commandment ? &c. 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 109 

How was the table of show-bread constructed 1 Verses 
23-30. 

Why was this called show-bread? [Ans. Literally, 
bread of the face, or of the presence ; so called be- 
cause it was set before the ark and mercy-seat, where 
the divine symbol was manifested.] 

What was its spiritual import 1 John vi, 32-58. 

What was the model of the golden candlestick 1 Verses 
31-40. 

What are meant by the tongs described in verse 38 1 
[Ans. Scissors, or snuffers, for trimming the lamps.] 

Can you describe the appearance and construction of the 
tabernacle ? Exod. xxvi. 

What was its size 1 [Ans. About forty-five feet long, 
fifteen broad, and fifteen high.] 

Was it intended to be permanent or movable 1 

How was the inside divided ? 

What happened to the dividing veil at the crucifixion of 
Christ 1 Matt, xxvii, 51. 

What was signified by this 1 

How were the rich inner curtains, and the ark and altar 
within, and the holy vessels, preserved from rain 1 

Describe the altar of sacrifice. Exod. xxvii, 1, 8. 

How was the court in which the tabernacle stood con- 
structed'? Verses 9, 18. 

To what is allusion made in Isa. liv, 2, 3 1 

What oil was used for the candlestick 1 Verse 20. 

Who should take care of it 1 Verse 21. 

Who should perform the priestly services'? Exodus 
xxviii, I. 

Can you describe the priest's dress ? Exod. xxviii. 

How were they prepared for the sacred office of priests 1 
Exod. xxix. 

What was signified by these sacrifices and purifications 1 

What is said in Heb. v, 1-3 1 

Who were to succeed to the priestly office 1 Verse 29. 

What were to be the daily offerings upon the altar'? 
Verses 38-41. 

What is meant by the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation ? Verse 42. 



110 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What does the Lord promise to do there 1 Verses 

42-46. 
In what way would God meet them here 1 
What was the construction of the altar of incense 1 

Exod. xxx, 1-6. 
What should be offered upon this altar ? Verses 7-9. 
Of what was this incense typical ] Rev. v, 8 ; viii, 3, 4. 
How were the expenses of the tabernacle met ] Verses 

12-16. 
What was the value of a shekel ? 
How would this atonement money be a memorial before 

the Lord'! Verse 16. 
What was signified by all subscribing alike, both rich 

and poor? Verse 15. 
What is now the price of atoning mercy to all classes 1 
Describe the laver] Verses 17, 18. 
For what purpose was it used 1 Verses 19-21. 
What precious ointment was prepared 1 Verses 22-25. 
What was the use of it ] Verses 26-30. 
What was signified by this ] 
By whose anointing are we now made holy 1 
By whom only could this be used ] 
What penalty was visited upon a breach of this 1 Verses 

32, 33. 
What holy perfume was made] Verses 34-36. 
What should follow an imitation of this 1 Verses 37, 38. 
Who was designated to oversee the work of the taber- 
nacle ] &c. Exod. xxxi, 2. 
How was he prepared for this delicate office] Verses 

3-5. 
Who assisted him ] Verse 6. 
What injunction is again repeated in reference to the 

sabbath] Verse 13. 
What is meant by, it is a sign between me and you 

throughout your generations ? 
What should be the penalty of sabbath-breaking] Verses 

14, 15. 
What is meant by, for a perpetual covenant? Verse 16. 
What is meant by the Lord's being refreshed on the 

sabbath ] Verse 1 7. 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. Ill 

When he had ceased communing, what did he give 

Moses? Verse 18. 
How long had this interview lasted 1 
Why were they written upon stone 1 
What is said in Deut. v, 22 ) 
What is meant by, written with the finger of God ? Luke 

xi, 20. 

LESSON XXVIII. 

The Golden Calf. — Exodus xxxii. 

What was the subject of the last lesson 1 
Where was Moses when he received the instructions 
concerning the tabernacle 1 

1. What did the people see ? 

To whom did they gather themselves ? 
What did they desire him to make ? 
What did they say of Moses ? 

Who are meant by the term people here 1 Verses 26, 28. 

What had God commanded them in Exod. xx, 4=1 

What had they promised 1 ? Exod. xxiv, 7. 

Was there more than one idol made 1 Neh. ix, 18. [Ans. 
The plural is often used for the singular in the He- 
brew. ] 

What is meant by the expression, up, make us gods ? 

What did they probably design by this idol 1 

What is the meaning of, we wot not what ? 

2. What did Aaron say to them ? 

Is there any apology to be offered for Aaron] ' 
What ought he to have done 1 s 

How did the Lord regard this act 1 Deut. ix, 20. 
Where did the people obtain these ear-rings ? Exod. 
xii, 35. 

3. What did the people do ? 

4. What did Aaron do with their gifts ? 
What did they say to it ? 

What is meant by a graving tool ? 



112 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What by a molten calf? 

What did they mean by the expression, these be thy gods, 

O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of 

Egypt? 
What is said of this act in Psa. cvi, 19-22 ] 
Why did Aaron choose a calf for the idol 1 

5. What did Aaron build before it 7 
What proclamation did he make t 

What is meant by the expression, when Aaron saw it 1 
For what purpose was the altar constructed 1 
What is the meaning of proclamation ? 
What of, to-morrow is a feast to the Lord 1 

6. What did they do early in the morning ? 
What did the people do ? 

Why did they rise so early 1 
To whom probably were these sacrifices offered 1 
Why would they not be accepted by the Almighty 1 
What did they probably set down to eat 1 [Ans. The 

sacrifices of peace-offerings which they had offered.] 
What was signified by their rising up to play ? Acts 

vii, 41. 

7. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 

What is meant by the expression, thy people 1 
What by, have corrupted themselves ? 

8. From what had they turned aside ? 
What had they made ? 

What had they done 1 

How had they turned aside out of the way quickly ? 

9. What did the Lord say he had seen of this 
people ? 

What is implied in the expression, I have seen ? 
What is meant by, it is a stiff-necked people 1 

10. What did he bid Moses do ? 
What would he do ? 

What would he make of Moses ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 113 

What is meant by the expression, let me alone ? Jer. 

xiv, 11. 
What may we learn from .this as to the power of prayer? 
What is meant by the expression, that my wrath may 

wax hot ? 
What by, that I may consume them ? 

11. What did Moses do? 

What did he say ? 

Why did he intercede when God desired to be let alone 1 

Did Israel deserve this kindness at the hand of Moses 1 

What may we^learn from this example of Moses'? 

Did not Moses by this prayer diminish his own earthly 

prospects'? (See last clause of verse 10.) 
What does this exhibit as to the character of Moses 1 
What is the force of the question Moses asks the Lord 1 
What is said in Deut. ix, 18, 19, 25-29 7 
What is meant by the expression, with great power, and 

with a mighty hand ? 

12. What further question does he ask the 
Lord? 

What did he beseech him to do? 

What is meant by, for mischief did he bring them out to 

slay them ? &c. 
How was God's glory involved in this ] 
What is meant by, repent of this evil, as applied to God 1 

13. Whom did he beseech the Lord to remem- 
ber ? 

What had God sworn to them ? 

What is meant by the entreaty, remember Abraham ? &c. 
How would this plea be effectual 1 

Where is this promise recorded 1 Gen. xiii, 15 ; xv, 
7, 18. 

14. What did the Lord do ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 
What is said in Psalm cvi, 23 1 

What should we learn from this in reference to the value 
of prayers for impenitent sinners 1 



114 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

15. What did Moses do ? 
What were in his hand ? 
What is said of these tables ? 

16. Whose work were these tables? 
By whom was the writing graven ? 
What is meant by its being the writing of God ? 
What by, graven upon the tables 1 

17. What did Joshua hear ? 
What did he say to Moses ? 

Where had Joshua been that he did not know the cause 

of the noise ? Exod. xxiv, 13. 
On what account were they shouting? 
What did he mean by the expression, there is a noise of 

war in the camp ? 

18. How did Moses answer him? 

What is the meaning of the answer 1 

19. As he came nigh unto the camp, what did 
he see ? 

How was Moses affected ? 
What did he do ? 

What is meant by his anger waxed hot ? 
Was this sinful anger 1 

Did he break the tables in a passion, or by divine sug- 
gestion] Deut. ix, 16, 17. 
What is meant by, beneath the mount ? 

20. What did he do with the calf? 
Why did they not hinder him from doing thus 1 

Why did he make them drink it 1 [ Ans. To show the 
worthlessness and vanity of their god, and to excite 
their fears.] 

21. What did Moses say to Aaron? 
What is the force of this question 1 

22. How did Aaron answer ? 

Why does he address him with so much respect 1 
What is the force of the excuse he suggests 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 115 

23. What had they said to him ? 

Were his excuses a sufficient apology for his conduct 1 

24. How had he yielded ? 

25. What did Moses see ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

26. What did Moses do and say ? 
Who gathered together unto him ? 
What is meant by the gate of the camp 1 

What is here meant by, who is on the Lord's side ? 

27. What command did Moses give ? 

By whose authority did he do this 1 

What is meant by the expression, slay every man his 

brother ? &c. 
Why was such a severe punishment visited upon them 1 

28. How many were slain ? 

Why did they not resist, and slay their executioners 1 

29. What did Moses then command them ? 
What is the meaning of this 1 

30. What did he say on the morrow ? 
Who are here meant by the people % 

What did he mean by, per adventure I shall make an 
atonement for your sin ? 

31. What did Moses do? 
What did he say ? 

How is Moses now engaged 1 

32. What further did he pray 1 

What is meant by, if thou wilt forgive their sins ? [Ans. 

And now, I pray thee, forgive their sins ; but if not, 

&c] 
To what is allusion made in the last clause? [Ans. To 

the roll or book in which the inhabitants of a city are 

registered, and from which the names of those that 

die are erased.] 
What is said in Luke x, 20, and in Phil, iv, 3 1 
What, then, is the meaning of the above expression 1 
What is said in Rom. ix, 31 



116 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Does this mean a willingness to suffer the loss of divine 
favor, or of life 1 

33. What does the Lord answer ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 Ezek. xviii, 4. 

34. What did the Lord command him to do 1 
Who should go before him ? 

What does the Lord say in reference to their 
sins 1 

What is meant by, the place of which I have spoken ? 

Who is referred to by mine Angel ? 

What is the meaning of the last expression 1 

35. What did the Lord do to the people 1 

What is the meaning of plagued ? 

What is meant by the expression, because they made the 
calf, which Aaron made ? 

LESSON XXIX. 

A Divine Manifestation made to Moses. 
Exodus xxxiii. 

Of what sin had the children of Israel been guilty, as 

recorded in the last lesson 1 
Through whose instrumentality were they forgiven 1 

1. What command did the Lord now give to 
Moses ? 

2. Whom would he send before him 1 
Whom would he drive out ? 

3. Unto what kind of a land should they come? 
What would not the Lord do 1 

What reason does he give for this ? 
What is meant by, a land flowing with milk and honey ? 
What by, / will not go up in the midst of thee ? 
What is the force of the expression, lest I consume thee 
in the way ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 117 

4. How were the people affected by this 1 
What did no man put on ? 

What is the meaning of evil tidings ? 

What was there so painful about the word which Moses 

brought 1 
Why did they leave off their ornaments 1 

5. What had the Lord said unto Moses 1 
What should they put off? 

For what purpose should they do this ? 

What is meant by, I will come up into the midst of thee in 

a moment, and consume thee ? 
What by, that / may know what to do unto thee ? 

6. What did the children of Israel do 1 
Where did they do this ? 

7. What did Moses take ? 
Where did he pitch it 1 
What did he call it ? 

Whither did those go who sought the Lord 1 
What is here meant by the tabernacle ? [Ans. The 
tabernacle planned by the Almighty was not yet con- 
structed ; this, therefore, was either the tent of Moses 
or a sacred tent where their sacrifices were cele- 
brated. ] 
What is meant by the expression, every one which sought 
the Lord ? 

8. What did the people do when Moses went 
out into the tabernacle 1 

What was signified by their thus rising up and standing 
at the tent-door 1 ? 

9. What happened as Moses entered into the 
tabernacle 1 

Who talked with Moses ? 

From whence did the pillar descend 1 ? Exodus xxiv, 
17, 18. 



118 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What was signified by its descending before the door of 

the tabernacle ] 
From whence did the Lord talk with Moses ? 
What is meant by the pillar stood at the door 1 

10. What did the people see 1 
What did they do 1 

Why did they worship when they saw the pillar 1 

11. What did the Lord do to Moses ? 
What did Moses do ? 

What is said of Joshua ? 

What is meant by, the Lord spake unto Moses face to 
face ? 

How do you reconcile this with verse 20 1 [Ans. By 
his face, in verse 11, is meant the symbol of his pre- 
sence ; by the word, in verse 20, his spiritual essence.] 

Why is Joshua called a young man, as he was now nearly 
sixty years of age 1 

Why did he remain behind] 

12. What did Moses say unto the Lord? 
What had the Lord said unto him 1 

What is the meaning of the expression, thou hast not let 

me know whom thou wilt send with me ? 
What is implied in the words, I know thee by name ? 
What by, thou hast also found grace in my sight ? 
Did Moses intend to plead personal merit in his prayer 1 
What, then, is the force of this language 1 

13. What did Moses request of the Lord ? 
What did he desire the Lord to consider ? 

What is meant by, show me now thy way ? 

What by, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in 

thy sight ? [Ans. That I may know assuredly that I 

shall enjoy thy favor.] 
What by, consider that this nation is thy people ? 

14. What answer did the Lord make ? 

What may we learn from this speedy and gracious an- 
swer ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 119 

What is meant by, my presence shall go with thee ? 

What is said in Isaiah lxiii, 9 1 

What is meant by, and I will give thee rest ? 

15. What did Moses answer ? 

What did he mean by this 1 

16. What question did Moses ask? 
How*does he answer it? 

What should they be ? 

What is the meaning of the question and answer of 

Moses 1 
What by the last sentence, so shall we be separated? 

&c. 
How would this serve to separate or distinguish them ? 

17. What did the Lord say to Moses ? 
What reason does he give for this ? 

18. What did Moses desire to see ? 
What is here meant by, thy glory ? Verse 20. 

19. What answer did the Lord make ? 

What is here the meaning of goodness ? [Ans. Pro- 
bably nearly the same as glory above — my excelling 
majesty — I will grant some visible display of my glo- 
rious presence.] 

What is meant by, I will proclaim the name of the Lord 
before thee? 

What is meant by the last expression of the verse 1 

20. What further did the Lord say in reference 
to beholding him ? 

What is the meaning of this 1 

21. What did the Lord say was by him? 
What should Moses do ? 

What is meant by this 1 

22. What would the Lord then do ? 
With what would he cover him ? 

What is meant by, I will cover thee with my hand ? 



120 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

23. What would he then do? 
What should Moses see ? 

What is meant by, my back parts ? [Ans. Those parts 
of the glorious symbol less resplendent and over- 
whelming to the human senses, as distinguished from 
the awful grandeur of those portions called his face. ] 

Has God any body 1 

What, then, did Moses see 1 

What may we learn from this awful and sublime mani- 
festation ! 

LESSON XXX. 

The Covenant of the Lord with Moses 
4 and Israel. — Exodus xxxiv. 

What is recorded of Moses in the last lesson 1 

1. What did the Lord bid Moses do l 
What did he promise to write upon them ? 
Whose work were the first tables'? Exod. xxxii, 16. 
Why, think you, did the Lord command Moses to make 

these 1 

2. At what time should he be ready ? 
Whither should he come ? 

For what purpose ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, present thyself 
there to me ? 

3. What injunction was laid upon him ? 

4. What did Moses do ? 
Whither did he then go ? 
What did he take in his hands ? 

5. What did the Lord do ? 
What did he proclaim ? 

What is meant by, the Lord descended in the cloud 1 
What by> stood with him ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 121 

What by, proclaimed the name of the Lor A ? 

6, 7. Who passed before him 1 
What proclamation was made ? 

What is meant by, the Lord passed by before him ? 
What is implied in the name, The Lord, the Lord God, 

or Jehovah ? [Ans. The self-existent, all-powerful 

Jehovah.] 
What is the meaning of merciful ? 
What is said in Eph. ii, 4-7 1 
What is meant by gracious 1 
What is said in Eph. ii, 8 % 
How are we saved by grace ? 
What is meant by long-suffering ? 
How has God exhibited his long- sufFe ring toward us 1 
What is the meaning of the expression, abundant in good- 
* ness and truth ? 
How has this been exhibited 1 
How should we be affected by it 1 
What is meant by his keeping mercy for thousands ? 
How may we obtain this mercy ? 
What is meant by the expression, and that will by no 

means clear the guilty ? 
How, then, can any one be forgiven 1 2 Cor. v, 21. 
What is meant by the expression, visiting the iniquity of 

the fathers upon the children ? 

8. What did Moses make haste to do ? 

Why did he do this 1 

How should we be affected when we enter into the 
house of God 1 

9. What prayer did Moses offer ? . 
What did he say of the peoplt ? 
What did he beseech of the Lord ? 

What is implied in the prayer, go among us ? 
What of, take us for thine inheritance ? 
Who now offers up prayer in our behalf before the pre- 
sence of God ] Heb. vii, 25. 

% 10. What answer did the Lord make? 



122 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

What is meant by, / will make a covenant ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, before all thy 

people I will do marvels t 
What of, it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee ? 

1 1 . What should he observe ? 
Whom would the Lord drive out? 

What is here the meaning of observe ? 

12. Against what did he guard them? 

Who is referred to by thyself ? 

What is here meant by covenant ? 

What is meant by, be a snare in the midst of thee ? 

13. What should they do ? 

What are meant by their images ? 
Why cut down their groves ? 

14. Whom should they not worship? 

16. What reason is given for this ? 
What is the meaning of the reason here offered? 
What of the expression, one call thee, and thou eat of his 

sacrifice? (Compare 1 Cor. x, 20, 21.) 
Did Israel always obey this command 1 Num. xxv, 1-3. 

17. What injunction is laid upon them? 

What is meant by molten gods ? 

18. 19. The keeping of what feast does the 
Lord re-enjoin ? 

Why are these observances repeated here 1 

21. What is said of the seventh day? 

What is meant by earing-time ? 

Is the sabbath liable to be broken in this season? 

Are there any periods when the crops absolutely require 

the breaking of the sabbath 1 
Will those farmers, in the long run, be as successful in 

their labors, who are not scrupulous in their regard for 

the sanotity of the sabbath 1 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 123 

22. What other feasts does he enjoin upon 
them? 

What is meant by the feast of weeks ? Lev. xxiii, 15, 16 ; 
Acts ii, 1. 

23. What should be done thrice a year ? 
What is meant by this 1 

24. What would the Lord do for them ? 
When should no man desire their land ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, neither shall any 

man desire thy land? &c. 
Why did the Lord make them this promise 1 
Is not the path of duty always a path of safety I 

25. What injunctions are placed upon them in 
reference to their sacrifices ? 

26. What should be done with their first-fruits? 

27. What command did the Lord give Moses ? 
What reason did he give him for the command? 
Why did the Lord desire to have these commands 

written ? 
What is meant by the expression, after the tenor of these 
words ? 

28. How long was Moses with the Lord ? 
What had he to eat during this time ? 
What did he write ? 

Who wrote upon the tables'? Verse 1. 

Why had he taken no food'? Deut. ix, 18, 19. 

29. What did Moses bring down with him? 
What did he wist not ? 

What is meant by wist not ? 

What is said in reference to this in 2 Cor. iii, 7, 8 1 

What caused his face to shine ? 

30. What did Aaron and the children of Israel 
behold ? 



124 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

How were they affected ? 

Why did this cause them to fear 1 

31. What did Moses do ? 

What then happened 1 

32. What did he give to them ? 

What is meant by, he gave them in commandment ? 
To what did he refer in the words, all that the Lord had 

spoken with him 1 
Why did he not deliver these commandments when he 

came down from the mount before'? 

33. What did he do to his face while speak- 
ing? 

Why did he do this V 

34. What did he do when he went in before 
the Lord? 

What when he came out 7 

Why did he uncover his face in the divine presence 1 
What does the apostle say of this veil in 2 Cor. iii, 
13-181 

35. What did the children of Israel behold ? 
What did Moses therefore do ? 

Who is referred to in the last word, him ? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 125 



LESSON XXXI. 

The building and setting up of the 
Tabernacle. — Exodus xxxv-xl. 

What is related in the last lesson ? 

1. What did Moses do? 
What did he say 1 

2. What command did he rehearse in reference 
to the sabbath ? 

What penalty was affixed ? 

Why was there so severe a penalty attached to this sin 1 

3. What should they not do on the sabbath 1 
4-19. What did Moses say was the Lord's 

commands 1 

What is meant by wise hearted ? 

20-29. What did the children of Israel do ? 

What is meant by the expression, whose heart stirred 
him up ? 

What may we learn from their example of cheerful and 
generous sacrifice for the service of the Lord ? 

Is it the duty of a person to give if his spirit is not will- 
ing ? 

Of what is it an evidence if a man, with ability, with- 
holds his property from the cause of God? Phil, 
ii, 21. 

What should be the limit of our bestowments upon the 
Lord'? 

What besides money can we bring as an offering upon 
the altar of God ? 

What is said in Rom. xii, 6-8 1 

What did the women do 1 Verses 25, 26. 

What may we learn from this 1 

30. Who was appointed to be overseer of the 
work? 



126 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

Exodus xxxvi. 

1. What then happened? 

5. Did the people provide sufficient materials 
for the work ? 

6. What command was Moses forced to give ? 

Would this command be often necessary at the present 

time 1 
An account of the construction of what have we in 

Exodus xxxvi-xxxix 1 

Exodus xxxix. 

32. What was at length finished ? 
How had it been done 1 

33. What did they do with their work ? 
40. What did Moses behold ? 

What did he then do ? 
What is meant by, blessed them 1 

Exodus xl. 

1. Who now spake to Moses ? 

2. What command did he give him? 
How long was this since their leaving Egypt ? 
Where had they been dwelling all this period 1 
How were they supplied with food 1 

3. What should be put in the tabernacle, ? 

What is meant by, cover the ark with the veil ? 

What is this veil called that separated between the holy 

and most holy place, and covered the ark from sight 1 

Num. iv, 5. 

4. What should he bring in ? 

5. Where should he place the altar of incense ? 
How was the tabernacle closed ? 

6. Where was the altar of burnt-offering placed? 



QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 127 

What is meant by, the tabernacle of the tent of the con- 
gregation ? 

7. Where was the laver placed ? 

8. What is said of the court ? 

What is referred to by this 1 Verse 6. 

9-11. What should be done to the tabernacle 
and to all the vessels ? 

What was signified by this anointing! 

12-15. What should be done to Aaron and his 
sons ? 

What is meant by the expression, for their anointing 
shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout 
their generations ? [Ans. That is, it shall not only 
consecrate them to the priest's office while they live, 
but also consecrate their posterity, who shall need no 
other anointing in succeeding generations, the high 
priest alone excepted, his office being peculiarly sa- 
cred.] 

16. What did Moses do? 

17. Where was the tabernacle reared? 
18-33. How did he complete the work? 

34. What now covered the tent of the congre- 
gation ? 

What filled the tabernacle ? 

What was this cloud? Exod. xxxiii, 9. 

What is meant by the tent of the congregation ? 

What promise had the Lord made upon the completion 

of the work 1 Exod. xxix, 43-46. 
What was signified by the cloud thus settling down upon 

their work 1 
Did such an event as this ever again happen] 1 Kings 

viii, 10, 11. 
What is meant by, the glory of the Lord ? 
What by, filled the tabernacle ? 

35. What was Moses unable to do ? 



128 QUESTIONS ON EXODUS. 

On what account ? 

How would this cloud obstruct his entrance 1 

36. How did Israel after this know when to 
journey ? 

37. When did they remain in their place 1 

38. What is said of the cloud of the Lord ? 

Was the fire distinct from the cloud 1 

What is meant by the house of Israel ? 

What have we now to direct us in the path of duty 1 

Who is our great teacher and mediator before God % 

How may we secure the presence and approbation of 

God as we pass along through life 1 
Can you give now, in order, the principal topics of this 

book] 



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querors have ruined thousands. Need any 
other fact be stated to show the importance of 
giving the young, especially, timely and corre< , 
views of these characters ? 

If there is one class to whom more than 
another this book is particularly commended, it 
is to that large class of boys, between the ag*"* 
of five and fifteen years, who often think, au 1 
sometimes say, " I would like to be a soldier." 



